School admissions in Shipley
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Shipley in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Shipley first 412 times for 404 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Bradford authority's 159 schools. 2 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.42 miles (Low Ash Primary School) to 0.91 miles (Saltaire Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
12 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low Ash Primary School | 1.36 | 59 | 0.417 miles |
| Saltaire Primary School | 1.08 | 60 | 0.908 miles |
| Baildon Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 60 | 1.594 miles |
| Baildon Glen Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 1.00 | 24 | 1.604 miles |
| Sandal Primary School | 0.98 | 53 | not published |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 0.93 | 14 | not published |
| Hoyle Court Primary School | 0.92 | 26 | 0.706 miles |
| Shipley CofE Primary School | 0.90 | 29 | not published |
| High Crags Primary Leadership Academy | 0.88 | 32 | not published |
| Wycliffe CofE Primary School | 0.81 | 27 | not published |
| Christ Church Church of England Academy | 0.78 | 9 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.