Secondary Place Planning

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 seen here:

Bradford Council - Report - Reduce PAN at 2 Primary Schools

Decisions of the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 6 February 2024 can be seen here:

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:

1. That the Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2025/26 be approved.
2. That the Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes for Primary, Secondary and In-Year Admissions for 2025/26 be approved.
3. That the proposed changes to admission oversubscription criteria for 'own admission authority schools' for 2025/26 be noted.
4. That the Published Admission Numbers for all schools for 2025/26 be noted.

The report to the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 6 February 2024 can be seen here:

Bradford Council - Report - Determination of Admission Arrangements

Decisions of the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 5 March 2024 can be seen here:

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:

1. That the Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2024/25 be approved.
2. That the Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes for Primary, Secondary and In-Year Admissions for 2024/25 be approved.
3. That the proposed changes to admission oversubscription criteria for 'own admission authority schools' for 2024/25 be noted.
4. That the Published Admission Numbers for all schools for 2024/25 be noted.   

The report to the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 31 January 2023 can be seen here:

Bradford Council - Report - Determination of Admission Arrangements

Decisions of the Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday 31 January 2023 can be seen here:

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

Aire Valley Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot School; Bingley Grammar; Dixons Cottingley; Titus Salt School.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Aire Valley Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

Bradford East Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Carlton Bolling; Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy; Laisterdyke Leadership Academy.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Bradford East Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

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.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Bradford North East Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

Bradford South Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Appleton Academy; Bronte Girls' Academy; Co-op Academy Grange; Dixons McMillan Academy; Dixons Trinity Academy. 

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 11 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Bradford South Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

Bradford South East Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Bradford Academy; Bradford Forster Academy; Dixons City Academy; Tong Leadership Academy.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Bradford South East Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

Bradford South West Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College Academy; Trinity Academy Bradford.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 11 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Bradford South West Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

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.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Bradford West Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

Ilkley Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Ilkley Grammar School.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Ilkley Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023

Keighley Planning Area

• Schools in the planning area - Beckfoot Oakbank; Carlton Keighley; Parkside School; The Holy Family Catholic School.

• Area Forecast

• Heat map showing pupils in year 7 to year 13 attending these schools in January 2023

• Granted housing development proposals: July 2023

• Keighley Secondary School Planning Area Summary from the School Organisation Plan 2023
   

Summary of all Secondary Planning Area Actual numbers on roll and Forecast

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

Schools Admissions Code 2021. Includes Determining Admission arrangements, Applications and Offers, Ensuring Fairness and Resolving Issues.