Lower Fields Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lower Fields Primary Academy is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lower Fields Primary Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, after places ran out in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 42 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 22.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 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
- Fenby Avenue, Bradford, BD4 8RG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 395 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Lower Fields Primary Academy is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Leaders have established high expectations focused on being safe, respectful and responsible.”
- “Adults apply these expectations consistently.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ ambition for the curriculum has not been fully realised in all subjects.”
- “Teachers’ knowledge about how to teach some subjects is less well developed.”
- “As a result, some of the examples adults use to help pupils to learn are not as precise as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (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) | 76% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 42 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.
- Knowleswood Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadow Bank Community School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Penny Oaks 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carrwood Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bowling Park Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lift Feversham 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newhall Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published