Clayton St John CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.275 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Clayton St John CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Clayton St John CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.275 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.275 miles, 10th longest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 0.91 miles.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 7 of the 9 years with a published outcome, and in 2026 every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 19 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bradford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford, BD14 6DD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 364 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are well cared for at this nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “Staff know the pupils and their families well.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
To improve
- “Published outcomes do not yet fully reflect the improvements to the curriculum.”
- “In some subjects, the delivery of the curriculum is inconsistent.”
- “At times, teachers do not select the best activities to deliver the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 43% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Clayton Village Academy 0.1 mi Not judged
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Hollingwood Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stocks Lane Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Academy At St. James 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lidget Green Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade