Menston Primary School, Ilkley

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, hockey, multi-sports, cross-country, choir, guitar, coding, gardening, art and French.

Coming up: an admissions event on Sunday 1 November 2026, an admissions event on Monday 16 November 2026 and an admissions event on Friday 15 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Menston Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Bradford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 89% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Menston Primary School as their first choice and 116 named it as one of their preferences, for 52 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Menston Primary School are Hawksworth Church of England Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 71% reading, 79% maths); Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School (1.2 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 85% maths); Tranmere Park Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 96% reading, 92% maths); and Burley Oaks Primary School (1.5 miles, 95% reading, 89% maths).

Menston Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Menston Primary School is one of 10 schools run by Moorlands Learning Trust, an academy trust.

3.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (88%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 47 pupils (11.8%) received SEN support and 12 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Menston Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Menston Primary Sch St. Peters Way, 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Menston Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 20 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

In 2024/25, Menston Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Menston Primary School are St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles); and Guiseley School (1.6 miles).