Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Bradford for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 26 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 156 Bradford primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 46% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (27 September 2023); the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford have 4 Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement and 2 no current grade.
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
- Bank, Idle, Bradford, BD10 0QA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Brendan's benefit from a school filled with joy, where everyone is cherished.”
- “Pupils demonstrate the utmost care for one another.”
- “They are proud members of the school community.”
To improve
- “This is not currently reflected in published data.”
- “Published outcomes, particularly for pupils in Year 6, are typically below national averages.”
- “Published attendance figures are below national averages.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2026 (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) | 46% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 17 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.
- Holybrook Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cavendish Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Parkland 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greengates Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Blakehill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published