Baildon Glen Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Shipley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Baildon Glen Primary School is a primary school in Shipley, Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Baildon Glen 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 | 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 29% 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.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers.
- There are 13.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- 46.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with 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
- Thompson Lane, Baildon, Thompson Lane, Shipley, BD17 7LY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 128 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Baildon Glen Primary School has recently gone through a period of rapid improvement.”
- “The trust and leadership team have made many positive changes to the school.”
- “This includes increasing curriculum ambition and raising expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, some other changes are new, and leaders recognise there is more to do.”
- “These positive curriculum changes have not had enough time for their impact to be realised in pupils’ published outcomes.”
- “However, too many pupils continue to disrupt the learning of others and make inappropriate language choices.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 29% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Wycliffe CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandal Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saltaire Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shipley CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Academy 1.1 mi Good
- High Crags Primary Leadership Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hoyle Court Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published