Ben Rhydding Primary School, Ilkley
Ben Rhydding Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Ilkley, part of Moorlands Learning Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bradford (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Ben Rhydding Primary School in detail
Ben Rhydding Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
On phones, the school says: "The phone must be handed in to the office at the beginning of the school day and collected at the end of the school day."
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Ben Rhydding Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 107281), 86% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Ben Rhydding Primary School
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 2026, families in Bradford lodged 135 appeals against primary school offers; 81 reached a hearing and 18 succeeded (22.2% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ben Rhydding Primary School are Ben Rhydding Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 86% reading, 79% maths); The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 89% reading, 79% maths); Ashlands Primary School (0.5 miles, 83% reading, 74% maths); and All Saints' CofE Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 93% reading, 89% maths).
Ben Rhydding Primary SchoolThe Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolAshlands Primary SchoolAll Saints' CofE Primary School
The trust
Ben Rhydding Primary School is one of 10 schools run by Moorlands Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Ben Rhydding Station, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bolling Rd Margerison Road (adjacent), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ben Rhydding Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 51 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ben Rhydding Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as Ben Rhydding Primary School (URN 107281), it was rated Good in July 2019. See Ben Rhydding Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Ben Rhydding Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107281). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 90% to 86% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 69% to 79% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 79% to 72% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Ben Rhydding Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Ben Rhydding Primary School.
- Moor Time Holiday Club410m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Ben Rhydding Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Ben Rhydding Primary School is in Bradford; for families living there:
- Bradford's school travel policy: Home to school travel and transport policy for children of compulsory school age
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Bradford is 30 (the median across 233 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Ben Rhydding Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107281). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 36 | 113 | 1.2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 23 | 21 | 100 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 106 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 111 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 111 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 26 | 22 | 118 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | 103 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | 128 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 27 | 22 | 125 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | 131 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | 153 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 30 | 27 | 151 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 31 | 31 | 172 | 1.0 | 4 |
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.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Ilkley
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Ilkley
Across Bradford council
Places available
7,475
Applications
6,301
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Bradford council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Ben Rhydding Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107281). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
2.2%
Overall absence
1.2%
Persistent absence
172
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Ben Rhydding Primary School
Questions parents ask about Ben Rhydding Primary School
Are there exam results for Ben Rhydding Primary School?
Ben Rhydding Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 107281), 86% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Ben Rhydding Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Ben Rhydding Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as Ben Rhydding Primary School (URN 107281), it was rated Good in July 2019.
What is the catchment area for Ben Rhydding Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Ben Rhydding Primary School is oversubscribed, Bradford allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Ben Rhydding Primary School?
Apply through Bradford's coordinated admissions process, naming Ben Rhydding Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Ben Rhydding Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Ben Rhydding Primary School: Moor Time Holiday Club (410m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Ben Rhydding Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bradford is 30 (the median across 233 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ben Rhydding Primary School?
Ben Rhydding Primary School is at Bolling Road, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8QH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)