Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 83 families put Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy as their first choice and 169 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 25 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
First-choice demand has risen from 66 in 2021 to 83 in 2026, while places went from 60 to 58.
Bradford published that the last place offered for 2027 entry went to a family 0.227 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Bradford, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Bradford lodged 252 appeals against primary school offers; 166 reached a hearing and 35 succeeded (21.1% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 83 | 169 | 1.4 | 25 |
| 2025 | 56 | 51 | 137 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 59 | 67 | 172 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 60 | 83 | 195 | 1.4 | 24 |
| 2022 | 60 | 91 | 178 | 1.5 | 32 |
| 2021 | 60 | 66 | 156 | 1.1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 83 | 80 | 186 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 61 | 61 | 165 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 50 | 50 | 165 | 1.0 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Last distance offered
| Entry year | Last place offered | Published by |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 0.23 miles | Bradford |
Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.