Ashlands Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Ilkley, 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 🔒
Ashlands Primary School is a primary school in Ilkley, Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). 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 2015 to 2026 entry.
Ashlands 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 |
| 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, as was the case at 85 of the 137 other Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 4 earlier Reception years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 25 first-choice applications for 40 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 66% met the expected standard, 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford that have results.
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
- Leeds Road, Ilkley, LS29 8JY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 266 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Ashlands Primary School has a strong sense of community.”
- “Pupils play an active role in contributing to the local area through events such as the Ilkley Carnival.”
- “Pupils are proud to represent their school and show a growing awareness of the world around them.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas of the curriculum, including in early years, the curriculum needs further refining to ensure that teachers are clear about the key knowledge that pupils should know and remember.”
- “However, there is variability in how the curriculum is taught across school.”
- “Further work is needed to ensure subject leaders have the expertise to check that the curriculum is being taught as the school intends.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 66% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 25 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.
- The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ben Rhydding Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints' CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Burley Oaks Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Addingham Primary School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Menston Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Morton CofE Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published