School Admissions 2025 (Determination Year)
A report was taken to the Executive Committee of the Council on 6 February 2024 with the following decision:
Proposed changes to published admission numbers at two maintained primary schools:
That the proposal to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Hoyle Court Primary School from 45 to 30 from 1 September 2025 be approved.
That the proposal to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Ingrow Primary School from 60 to 45 from 1 September 2025 be approved.
The report to the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 6 February 2024 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Bradford Council - Report - Reduce PAN at 2 Primary Schools
Decisions of the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 6 February 2024 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Bradford Council - Decision - Reduce PAN at 2 Primary Schools
Published 16/02/2024
A report was taken to the Executive Committee of the Council on 5 March 2024 with the following decision:
Annual Determination of Admission Arrangements:
- That the Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2025/26 be approved.
- That the Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes for Primary, Secondary and In-Year Admissions for 2025/26 be approved.
- That the proposed changes to admission oversubscription criteria for 'own admission authority schools' for 2025/26 be noted.
- That the Published Admission Numbers for all schools for 2025/26 be noted.
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Primary Schools and Academies:
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Proposed change:
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Appleton Academy
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PAN reduction 50 to 30 from 1 September 2025
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Margaret McMillan
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PAN reduction 90 to 60 from 1 September 2025
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Southmere Primary
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PAN reduction 60 to 45 from 1 September 2025
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Whetley Primary
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PAN reduction 90 to 60 from 1 September 2025
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Secondary Schools and Academies:
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Proposed change:
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Bronte Girls
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PAN increase 120 to 150 from 1 September 2025
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Feversham Girls
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PAN increase 120 to 130 from 1 September 2025 & Admission Arrangements to change number in each postcode to %
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Beckfoot Oakbank
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PAN reduction 300 to 250 from 1 September 2025
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Beckfoot School
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Admission Arrangements to include Beckfoot Priestthorpe as feeder
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Beckfoot Thornton
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Admission Arrangements to include Beckfoot Allerton as feeder
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Beckfoot Upper Heaton
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Admission Arrangements to include Beckfoot Heaton as feeder
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| Bradford Academy |
Remove faith and feeder school criteria |
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Carlton Keighley
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PAN increase 150 to 180 from 1 September 2025 & Admission Arrangements to include primary trust academies as feeders & children of staff
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Co-op Academy Grange
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PAN reduction from 300 to 240 from 1 September 2025
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| Oasis Academy Lister Park |
Closure of sixth form |
The report to the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 6 February 2024 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Bradford Council - Report - Determination of Admission Arrangements
Decisions of the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 5 March 2024 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Bradford Council - Decision - Determination of Primary and Secondary Admission Arrangements
Published 15/04/2024
School Admissions 2024 (Offer Year)
Two reports were taken to the Executive Committee of the Council on 31 January 2023 with the following decisions:
1. Annual Determination of Admission Arrangements:
- That the Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2024/25 be approved.
- That the Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes for Primary, Secondary and In-Year Admissions for 2024/25 be approved.
- That the proposed changes to admission oversubscription criteria for 'own admission authority schools' for 2024/25 be noted.
- That the Published Admission Numbers for all schools for 2024/25 be noted.
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Primary Schools and Academies:
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Proposed change:
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All Saints C of E (Bradford)
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PAN reduction 90 to 60 from 1 September 2024
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Appleton Academy
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PAN reduction 60 to 50 from 1 September 2024
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Beckfoot Nessfield
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PAN reduction 45 to 30 from 1 September 2024
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Green Lane
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PAN reduction 90 to 60 from 1 September 2024
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Haworth
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PAN reduction 45 to 30 from 1 September 2024
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Keighley St Andrew’s C of E
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PAN reduction 60 to 45 from 1 September 2024
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Dixons Music
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Removal of random allocation as oversubscription criterion and introduction of priority for children eligible for pupil premiums and straight-line distance
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Secondary schools and academies:
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Proposed change:
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The Holy Family Catholic School
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PAN reduction 165 to 150 from 1 September 2024
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Dixons McMillan
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Removal of fair banding and random allocation as oversubscription criterion and introduction of straight-line distance
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Trust admission policy to replace individual school admission policies, addition of oversubscription criterion relating to children of staff at Baildon Glen, Bowling Park and Cottingley Village (already a criterion at other schools in the trust)
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Exceed Trust
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2. Proposed changes to published admission numbers at two maintained primary schools:
That the proposal to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Eldwick Primary School from 75 to 60 from 1 September 2024 be approved.
That the proposal to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Steeton Primary School from 45 to 30 from 1 September 2024 be approved.
The reports to the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 31 January 2023 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Bradford Council - Report - Determination of Admission Arrangements
Bradford Council - Report - Reduce PAN at 2 Primary Schools
Decisions of the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 31 January 2023 can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Bradford Council - Decision - Determination of Admission Arrangements & Reduce PAN at 2 Primary Schools
Published 08/02/2023
Details of the admission policies and coordinated admission arrangements can be found by clicking on 'Admissions' on the left hand side of this page, followed by clicking on 'About Admissions'.
Bradford Council has a statutory duty to ensure there are sufficient school places in the District to meet present and future demand .The demand for school places changes over time and predicting demand is a complex task involving a range of factors such
as birth rates, housing growth and inward and outward migration.
For forecasting purposes all primary schools are organised into planning areas, these are also a requirement for reporting purposes to the Department of Education. Bradford District Primary schools are grouped into 26 planning areas, based on where children
live and which schools they are likely to attend. Note however that this does not restrict parents making preferences for any school across the District or elsewhere.
Additional information on the Schools in the
26 Planning areas are shown below:
For information on individual school forecasts, please email
sufficiency@bradford.gov.uk to make the request.
Area Forecast, Heat map showing pupils on roll in January 2024 and granted housing updated 30/07/2024
Click on the highlighted areas in blue to open links
Bingley/Keighley Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Crossflatts Primary School; East Morton CofE Primary School; Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School
Bingley 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery; Cottingley Village Primary School; Eldwick Primary School; Myrtle Park Primary; St Joseph's Catholic Primary (Bingley); Trinity All Saints CofE Primary School
Bingley 2 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Cullingworth Primary School; Denholme Primary School; Harden Primary School; Wilsden Primary School
Keighley 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Eastwood Community School; Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery; Laycock Primary School; Long Lee Primary School; Merlin Top Primary Academy; Our Lady of Victories Catholic School; Parkwood Primary School; St
Anne's Catholic Primary School; Victoria Primary School
Keighley 2 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Nessfield; Haworth Primary School; Holycroft Primary School; Ingrow Primary School; Lees Primary School; Oakworth Primary School; Oldfield Primary School; Oxenhope CofE Primary School; St Joseph's Catholic Primary
School (Keighley); Stanbury Village School; Worth Valley Primary School
North East 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Blakehill Primary School; Cavendish Primary School; Co-op Academy Parkland; Greengates Primary Academy; Holybrook Primary School; Idle CofE Primary School; Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School; Thackley Primary
School; Thorpe Primary
North East 2 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Fagley Primary School; Grove House Primary School; Poplars Farm Primary School; St Clare's Catholic Primary School; St Francis Catholic Primary School; St Luke's CofE Primary School; Swain House Primary School; Wellington Primary
School
North East 3 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy; Byron Primary School; Co-op Academy Penny Oaks (formerly St Mary's and St Peter's Catholic Primary); Dixons Marchbank Primary; Feversham Primary Academy; Killinghall Primary School; Lapage
Primary School and Nursery; Peel Park Primary School and Nursery; Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy; Westminster Church of England Primary Academy
North West 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Keelham Primary School; Thornton Primary School
North West 2 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery; Dixons Allerton Academy (all through); Ley Top Primary School; Sandy Lane Primary School; St Matthew's Catholic Primary School; The Academy at St James'
North West 3 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Bradford Girls' Grammar School (all through); Crossley Hall Primary School; Girlington Primary School; St Philip's Cof E Primary School; St William's Catholic Primary School; Whetley Academy
North West 4 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Atlas Community Primary School; Dixons Manningham Academy; Green Lane Primary School; Iqra Academy; Miriam Lord Primary School
North West 5 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Heaton Primary; Carlton Mills; Frizinghall Primary School; Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School; Lilycroft Primary School; Margaret McMillan Primary School; St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary
School; Westbourne Primary School
Queensbury 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Foxhill Primary School; Russell Hall Primary School; Shibden Head Primary Academy
Shipley 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Christ Church Church of England Academy; High Crags Primary Leadership Academy; Low Ash Primary School; St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (Shipley)
Shipley 2 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Saltaire Primary School; Shipley CofE Primary School; St Walburga's Catholic Primary School; Wycliffe CofE Primary School
Shipley 3 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Baildon Church of England Primary School; Baildon Glen Primary School; Hoyle Court Primary School; Sandal Primary School
South Craven Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Eastburn Primary School; Silsden Primary School; Steeton Primary School
South East 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Carrwood Primary School; Knowleswood Primary School; Lower Fields Primary Academy; Meadow Bank Community School (formerly Fearnville Primary School); Newhall Park Primary School; Ryecroft Primary Academy; St Columba's Catholic
Primary School; St John's CofE Primary School
South West 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Appleton Academy (all through); Hill Top CofE Primary School; Low Moor CofE Primary School; Shirley Manor Primary School; Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy; Worthinghead Primary School
South West 2 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Farfield Primary School and Nursery; Reevy Hill Primary School; St Paul's CofE Primary School; St Winefride's Catholic Primary School; Wibsey Primary School; Woodside Academy
South West 3 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Brackenhill Primary School; Hollingwood Primary School; Home Farm Primary School; Southmere Primary Academy; St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School; Stocks Lane Primary School
South West 4 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - All Saints' CE Primary School (Bradford); Co-op Academy Princeville; Copthorne Primary School; Dixons Music Primary; Farnham Primary School; Horton Grange Primary School; Horton Park Primary School; Lidget Green Primary School;
Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy; St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Bradford); St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy
South West 5 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Bankfoot Primary School; Bowling Park Primary School; Bradford Academy (all through); Marshfield Primary; Newby Primary School; St Matthew's CofE Primary School and Nursery; St Stephen's CofE Primary School
West 1 Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Clayton St John CE Primary School; Clayton Village Primary School; St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (Clayton)
Wharfe Valley Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Addingham Primary School; All Saints' CofE Primary School (Ilkley); Ashlands Primary School; Ben Rhydding Primary School; Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School, Burley Oaks Primary School; Menston Primary School; The Sacred
Heart Catholic Primary School
Summary of all Primary Planning Area Actual numbers on roll and Forecast 2017-2028
Summary of all Primary Planning Areas across the District from the School Organsation Plan 2022
Table showing the known data from Private and Independent schools, last updated September 2023
Map showing all granted housing development proposals across the District as at July 2023
Additional Information
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Schools Admissions Code 2021. Includes Determining Admission arrangements, Applications
and Offers, Ensuring Fairness and Resolving Issues.
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The School Admissions (Infant Class Sizes) (England) Regulations 2012:
Excepted pupils.