Cottingley Village Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bingley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.498 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cottingley Village Primary School is a primary school in Bingley, Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Cottingley Village 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 | 4.498 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.498 miles away, the longest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2015, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 9 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 60 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Cottingley Moor Road, Cottingley, Bingley, BD16 1SY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 448 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Cottingley Village Primary School.”
- “They said that they feel happy and lucky to be part of the school community.”
- “Pupils particularly value making new friends and spending time together.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, some staff do not deliver the curriculum consistently well.”
- “This hinders some pupils from learning all that they should.”
- “However, for some pupils, these books are not matched well to the sounds that they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 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) | 62% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Beckfoot Heaton Primary 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sandy Lane Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saltaire Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Myrtle Park Primary 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained
- Wycliffe CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published