Bowling Park Primary School
New Cross Street, Bradford, BD5 8BT
615 pupils · 87% of 708 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Free school meals
- 45.7%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 June 2025, published 7 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 71% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 11% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 40 | 39 | 70 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 40 | 38 | 73 | 39 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 80 | 79 | 131 | 79 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 70 | 66 | 138 | 69 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Newby Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School and Nursery 0.8 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Bankfoot Primary School 1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.