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Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery

3–11Ages
186Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144890URN

Mornington Road, Bingley, BD16 4JS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.8per place

2.4 above Bradford median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bradford

76 applications for 16 places · 3rd of 147 in Bradford

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Bradford 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development		Requires improvement
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good

Inspection history

14 June 2023
Graded inspection: Good
2 December 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

4.8applications per place, Reception

2.4 above Bradford median (2.3) 2.6 above England median (2.2)

76 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 4.8; Bradford median median 2.3
2025 4.9; Bradford median median 2.4
2024 3.8; Bradford median median 2.4
2023 3.2; Bradford median median 2.5
2022 3.7; Bradford median median 2.6
2021 4.0; Bradford median median 2.6
2020 4.0; Bradford median median 2.7
2019 6.1; Bradford median median 2.7
2018 4.4; Bradford median median 2.8
2017 4.2; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
2016 3.9; Bradford median median 3.5; as the previous school
2015 3.6; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
2014 3.4; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Bradford median in 9 of 9 years.

This school
Bradford median

Dashed bars: as Priestthorpe Primary School (URN 107257), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	16	76	4.8	16	1.00
Sep 2025	15	73	4.9	14	0.93
Sep 2024	20	76	3.8	20	1.00
Sep 2023	27	85	3.2	25	0.93
Sep 2022	23	85	3.7	23	1.00
Sep 2021	23	92	4.0	23	1.00
Sep 2020	28	112	4.0	25	0.89
Sep 2019	21	129	6.1	18	0.86
Sep 2018	30	131	4.4	30	1.00
Sep 2017 *	26	108	4.2	19	0.73
Sep 2016 *	27	105	3.9	22	0.81
Sep 2015 *	25	91	3.6	18	0.72
Sep 2014 *	30	103	3.4	25	0.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 87% · Maths 71% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%54th of 155 in Bradford

Bradford 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard87%

Bradford 76% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Bradford 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard87%

Bradford 73% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Bradford 9% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard71%

Bradford 74% England 77%

Higher standard19%

Bradford 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

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Bradford median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	68%	10%	107	104
2023/24	75%	7%	106	104
2022/23	72%	9%	107	105

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

Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & NurseryThis school
This school

Good2023

4.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
0.4 km · Bradford

Standards maintained2024

3.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School
0.5 km · Bradford

Not yet inspected

5.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Myrtle Park Primary
0.7 km · Bradford

Requires improvement2024

4.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Eldwick Primary School
1.0 km · Bradford

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Crossflatts Primary School
1.6 km · Bradford

Remains Good2024

2.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Cottingley Village Primary School
2.6 km · Bradford

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Harden Primary School
2.8 km · Bradford

Improved significantly2025

4.3applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
Saltaire Primary School
2.9 km · Bradford

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144890 · 380/2115
Trust: Beckfoot Trust
Capacity: 230 pupils · 186 on roll
Free school meals: 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: Priestthorpe Primary School (URN 107257)
Address: Mornington Road, Bingley, BD16 4JS
Local authority: Bradford

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