Parkside School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parkside School is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Parkside 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 6 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 19 of the 31 other Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place that year.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 132 first-choice applications for 199 offers, and 67 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 23% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford, BD13 5AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,061 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 132 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 132 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Beckfoot Oakbank 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bingley Grammar School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Cottingley Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Keighley 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published