Planning Education Provision

Bradford Council has a statutory duty to ensure there are sufficient education places in the district to meet the present and future demand. 

The Sufficiency Team, within the Intelligence and Sufficiency Service, is responsible for reviewing and planning for educational places across the district and can provide information on:

• the current pattern of educational provision across the district
• forecasts of pupil numbers in future years
• information on government regulations, guidance and policies concerned with these issues
• Bradford Council policy and strategy with respect to school organisation in the district

Information from the 2025 forecasts and place planning can be found on the Primary Place Planning and Secondary Place Planning pages.

Forecast and place planning information for all primary planning areas from 2026 can be found here and will replace the information on the primary planning page during the summer.

The information for secondary planning areas from 2026 will be updated here shortly. 

We appreciate the fact that data is used in different ways by different parties; if you would like to request information or have your say on what you think should be included in a future School Organisation report, please email sufficiency@bradford.gov.uk 

This map shows all mainstream nursery, primary and secondary schools across the Bradford District.