Schools and Education in Thwaites

There are 85 schools within 5 miles of Thwaites town centre, including 48 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Merlin Top Primary Academy, Beckfoot Phoenix and Hazelbeck Special School. Parents should note that 4 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
85
Primary
48
Secondary
12
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

42
Outstanding (4) Good (42) Requires Improvement (4) Not yet inspected (35)
Merlin Top Primary Academy Primary 1.8 miles Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, BD22 6HZ Inspected: 21 November 2024 Beckfoot Phoenix 1.8 miles Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, BD22 6HZ Inspected: 22 November 2023 Hazelbeck Special School 3.1 miles Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1EE Inspected: 11 September 2024 Bradford Alternative Provision Academy 4.7 miles Baker Street, Saltaire, Shipley, BD18 3JE Inspected: 15 June 2023
Strong Close Nursery School & Children's Centre 130 yards Airedale Road, Keighley, BD21 4LW Inspected: 29 March 2011 Long Lee Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Cherry Tree Rise, Long Lee, Keighley, BD21 4RU Inspected: 26 May 2023 Eastwood Community School Primary 0.7 miles Victoria Avenue, Keighley, BD21 3JL Inspected: 18 May 2023 Parkwood Primary School Primary 0.7 miles Parkwood Street, Keighley, BD21 4QH Inspected: 09 September 2025 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Campbell Street, Keighley, BD21 3AD Inspected: 01 February 2023 Highfield Children's Centre 1.2 miles Spencer Street, Keighley, BD21 2QG Inspected: 14 October 2010 Carlton Keighley Secondary 1.2 miles Green Head Road, Utley, Keighley, BD20 6EB Inspected: 28 March 2025 Victoria Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Cartmel Road, Keighley, BD21 2RD Inspected: 16 January 2024 Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary 1.3 miles Cashmere Street, Keighley, BD21 2ND Inspected: 20 June 2023 Our Lady of Victories Catholic School Primary 1.6 miles Guard House Road, Keighley, BD22 6JP Inspected: 05 July 2023 Ingrow Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Broomhill Street, Keighley, BD21 1BW Inspected: 27 September 2022 Crossflatts Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Morton Lane, Crossflatts, Bingley, BD16 2EP Inspected: 27 June 2024 Rainbow Children's Centre 1.8 miles Braithwaite Grove, Keighley, BD22 6JB Inspected: 12 October 2010 Bingley Grammar School Secondary 1.9 miles Keighley Road, Bingley, BD16 2RS Inspected: 13 October 2023 Harden Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Long Lane, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1LJ Inspected: 31 March 2025 Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery Primary 2.6 miles Mornington Road, Bingley, BD16 4JS Inspected: 14 September 2023 Oakworth Primary School Primary 3 miles Station Road, Oakworth, Keighley, BD22 7HX Inspected: 03 March 2023 Eldwick Primary School Primary 3 miles Warren Lane, Gilstead, Bingley, BD16 3LE Inspected: 20 May 2024 Wilsden Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Tweedy Street, Wilsden, Bradford, BD15 0AE Inspected: 20 December 2023 Silsden Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Hawber Cote Lane, Silsden, Keighley, BD20 0JJ Inspected: 13 May 2022 Dixons Cottingley Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Cottingley New Road, Bingley, BD16 1TZ Inspected: 13 January 2023 Titus Salt School Secondary 4.2 miles Higher Coach Road, Baildon, Bradford, BD17 5RH Inspected: 16 May 2022 Sandy Lane Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Cottingley Road, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 9JU Inspected: 14 March 2024 Hirst Wood Nursery School & Children's Centre 4.3 miles Carlton Avenue, Shipley, BD18 4NJ Inspected: 03 April 2012 Hirst Wood Nursery School Nursery 4.3 miles Carlton Avenue, Shipley, BD18 4NJ Inspected: 26 February 2024 Saltaire Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Shirley Street, Shipley, BD18 4NR Inspected: 10 May 2024 All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Easby Drive, Ilkley, LS29 9BE Inspected: 30 January 2024 Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Bridge Road, Sutton-in-Craven, Keighley, BD20 7ES Inspected: 26 June 2024 Denholme Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Minorca Mount, Denholme, Bradford, BD13 4AY Inspected: 12 January 2024 South Craven School Secondary 4.6 miles Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley, BD20 7RL Inspected: 21 March 2023 Sandal Primary School Primary 4.7 miles West Lane, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 5DH Inspected: 16 January 2024 Wycliffe CofE Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3HZ Inspected: 23 June 2023 Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Priest Bank Road, Kildwick, Keighley, BD20 9BH Inspected: 01 February 2024 Chellow Heights Special School 4.8 miles Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6AL Inspected: 26 July 2023 Beckfoot Upper Heaton Secondary 4.8 miles Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 6AL Inspected: 13 July 2023 High Park School 4.8 miles Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 6RY Inspected: 23 May 2025 Menston and Burley Children's Centre 4.9 miles Little Lane, Menston, Leeds, LS29 8HZ Inspected: 10 December 2014 Glusburn Community Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Colne Road, Glusburn, Keighley, BD20 8PJ Inspected: 06 February 2023 Oldfield Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Oldfield Lane, Oldfield, Keighley, BD22 0HZ Inspected: 10 May 2023 Stanbury Village School Primary 4.9 miles Main Street, Stanbury, Keighley, BD22 0HA Inspected: 18 November 2023 Heaton Primary School & Children's Centre 4.9 miles Haworth Road, Haworth Road, Bradford, BD9 6LL Inspected: 08 January 2011 Beckfoot Heaton Primary Primary 4.9 miles Haworth Road, Bradford, BD9 6LL Inspected: 14 May 2025
Low Fold Children and Family Centre 1.7 miles Exley Road, Keighley, BD21 1LT Inspected: 07 April 2014 Myrtle Park Primary Primary 2.7 miles Ash Terrace, Bingley, BD16 1HB Inspected: 25 September 2024 Shipley College 16 plus 4.6 miles Exhibition Road, Leeds, BD18 3JW Inspected: 02 December 2024 Little Lane Children's Centre 4.9 miles Little Lane, Ilkley, LS29 8HZ Inspected: 03 December 2014
Strong Close Nursery School Nursery 130 yards Airedale Road, Keighley, BD21 4LW Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary 0.5 miles Grange Road, Riddlesden, Keighley, BD20 5AB Inspected: 06 May 2025 The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Secondary 1.3 miles Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH Holycroft Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Victoria Road, Keighley, BD21 1JF Inspected: 27 April 2023 East Morton CofE Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Highfield Mews, East Morton, Keighley, BD20 5SE Beechcliffe Special School 1.4 miles Green Head Road, Utley, Keighley, BD20 6ED St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Queen's Road, Ingrow, Keighley, BD21 1AR Beckfoot Nessfield Primary 1.8 miles Nessfield Grove, Keighley, BD22 6NP Beckfoot Oakbank Secondary 1.9 miles Oakworth Road, Keighley, BD22 7DU Worth Valley Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Bracken Bank Crescent, Keighley, BD22 7AX Inspected: 12 May 2025 Bingley Rural Children's Centre 2.4 miles Woodvale Crescent, Cottingley, Bingley, BD16 4AL Lady Lane Park School & Nursery 2.4 miles The Green, Bingley, BD16 4AP Laycock Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Laycock Lane, Laycock, Keighley, BD22 0PP St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 2.8 miles Crow Nest Road, Bingley, BD16 4HQ Trinity 5 Rise Children's Centre 2.8 miles Leonard Street, Bingley, Bradford, BD16 2PS Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Church Street, Bingley, BD16 2PP Parkside School Secondary 2.9 miles Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford, BD13 5AD Steeton Primary School Primary 3 miles Market Street, Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6NN Lees Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Haworth Road, Cross Roads, Keighley, BD22 9DL Inspected: 13 December 2023 Beckfoot School Secondary 3.1 miles Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1EE Cullingworth Village Primary School Primary 3.2 miles New School Lane, Off Halifax Road, Bradford, BD13 5DA Daisy Chain Children's Centre 3.6 miles Elliott Street, Silsden, Keighley, BD20 0DE Treetops Children's Centre 3.8 miles Rawdon Road, Haworth, Keighley, BD22 8DW Haworth Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Rawdon Road, Haworth, Keighley, BD22 8DW Eastburn Primary School Primary 4 miles Green Close, Eastburn, Keighley, BD20 8UX Cottingley Village Primary School Primary 4 miles Cottingley Moor Road, Cottingley, Bingley, BD16 1SY Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.5 miles Main Street, Sutton-in-Craven, Keighley, BD20 7JS Baildon Glen Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Thompson Lane, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 7LY Belle Vue Girls' Academy Secondary 4.6 miles Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6NA Ilkley Grammar School Secondary 4.6 miles Cowpasture Road, Ilkley, LS29 8TR Baildon Children's Centre 4.7 miles West Lane, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 5DH St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 4.7 miles Victoria Park, Shipley, BD18 4RL Moorfield School & Nursery 4.8 miles Ben Rhydding Road, 11 Ben Rhydding Road, Ilkley, LS29 8RL Oxenhope CofE Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Cross Lane, Oxenhope, Keighley, BD22 9LH South Craven Children's Centre 4.9 miles Colne Road, Colne Road, Keighley, BD20 8PJ