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
No changes were proposed to Local Authority Maintained Secondary Schools for September 2025.
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)
A report was taken to the Executive Committee of the Council on 31 January 2023 with the following decision:
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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The report 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
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
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 if factors such as birth rates, housing growth and inward and outward migration.
For forecasting and planning purposes all secondary schools are organised into 9 planning areas of schools and are based on where children live and which schools they are likely to attend. For secondary schools this is likely to cover a much wider area across
the District particularly for faith schools. Note however that this does not restrict parents making preferences for any school across the District or elsewhere.
Please email sufficiency@bradford.gov.uk if you have any questions about this.
Additional information on the schools in the 9 planning areas is shown below:
For information on individual school forecasts, please email
sufficiency@bradford.gov.uk to make the request.
Click the highlighted areas in blue to open links
Area Forecast, Heat map showing pupils on roll in January 2024 and granted housing updated 30/07/2024
Aire Valley Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot School; Bingley Grammar; Dixons Cottingley; Titus Salt School.
Bradford East Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Carlton Bolling; Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy; Laisterdyke Leadership Academy.
Bradford North East Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Hanson Academy; Immanuel College; Oasis Academy Lister Park; One In A Million Free School; St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College.
Bradford South Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Appleton Academy; Bronte Girls' Academy; Co-op Academy Grange; Dixons McMillan Academy; Dixons Trinity Academy.
Bradford South East Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Bradford Academy; Bradford Forster Academy; Dixons City Academy; Tong Leadership Academy.
Bradford South West Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College Academy; Trinity Academy Bradford.
Bradford West Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Thornton; Beckfoot Upper Heaton; Belle Vue Girls' Academy; Bradford Girls' Grammar School; Dixons Allerton Academy; Dixons Kings Academy; Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford.
Ilkley Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Ilkley Grammar School.
Keighley Planning Area
Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Oakbank; Carlton Keighley; Parkside School; The Holy Family Catholic School.
Summary of all Secondary Planning Area Actual numbers on roll and Forecast
Table showing the known data from Private and Independent schools, last updated July 2024
Map showing all granted housing development proposals across the District as at July 2024
Additional Information
Schools Admissions Code 2021. Includes Determining Admission arrangements, Applications
and Offers, Ensuring Fairness and Resolving Issues.