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Academy sponsor led · Bradford

Merlin Top Primary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 343Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 139229URN

Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, BD22 6HZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingMar 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.7 below Bradford median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bradford

73 applications for 45 places · 127th of 147 in Bradford
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
82%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded OutstandingMar 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

  1. 10 October 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 27 March 2019
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Bradford median (2.3) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

73 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Bradford median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.7; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.7; Bradford median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.6; Bradford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 1.4; Bradford median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.6; Bradford median median 2.7
  8. 2019 1.4; Bradford median median 2.7
  9. 2018 1.3; Bradford median median 2.8
  10. 2017 1.2; Bradford median median 3.0
  11. 2016 1.2; Bradford median median 3.5
  12. 2015 1.7; Bradford median median 3.1
  13. 2014 1.7; Bradford median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Bradford median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202645731.6430.96
Sep 202537631.7320.86
Sep 202434621.8341.00
Sep 202345781.7471.04
Sep 202245701.6350.78
Sep 202141581.4290.71
Sep 202045701.6420.93
Sep 201940561.4370.93
Sep 201844561.3370.84
Sep 201745541.2430.96
Sep 201645561.2410.91
Sep 201545751.7581.29
Sep 201444731.7471.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 89% · Maths 91% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard82%8th of 155 in Bradford
Reading
Expected standard82%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard89%
Greater depth16%
Maths
Expected standard91%
Higher standard43%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2582%11%107108
2023/2470%0%106106
2022/2368%2%104103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
139229 · 380/2014
Trust
Northern Education Trust
Capacity
315 pupils · 343 on roll
Free school meals
55.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2013
Replaced
Merlin Top Primary School (URN 107279)
Address
Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, BD22 6HZ
Local authority
Bradford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources