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Moorfield has it all: academics, creative arts and a family feel that’s impossible to manufacture. Parents say it strikes the perfect balance between study and mud slides up on the Moors – and the students we met appeared lively, courteous, confident and thriving.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 93 ·
- Religion
- None
- Fees
- £14,901 pa
- Local authority
- Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- School ownership
- Moorfield School Ltd is the proprietor with a Board of Governors.
Headteacher
Head
Michael Gibson
Since 2025, Michael Gibson, who spent 20 years at Stonyhurst including as head of department in the senior school and deputy headmaster of the prep school at St Mary’s Hall. Eloquent, with a down-to-earth Lancashire burr, he recalls getting a text
Entrance
No entry test and saying ‘no’ to a prospective pupil would be unusual, head says. Most start in the nursery: ‘Our job is to convert them to stay for the journey.’ Relocations – ‘people coming home after living down south, mainly’ – and families
- Open days
- Visitors are welcome by appointment at anytime.
Exit
Three main destinations: Ilkley Grammar School (‘practically next door’, non-selective and perennially popular), Bradford Grammar (fee-paying, entrance exam) or one of the academically selective Skipton grammars (Skipton Girls’ or Ermysted’s).
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Teaching & learning
Learning support & SEN
Mobile phone policy
A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.
Mobile phone policy
Provided by the school and not part of our review Parents are not allowed to use mobile phones in the school grounds and premises when dropping off and collecting children. Special permission is given for concerts and performances but with strict rules about no uploading to social media, parents are required to sign a contract to agree to this.
Pupils
Money matters
- Fee information
- £14,901 pa
Our view
This town-centre school is housed in a handsome Victorian building with lots of original wood panelling, stained glass and bags of character – and a tasteful 1980s extension. It is one of the three local independents and is in stiff competition with
The last word
Moorfield has it all: academics, creative arts and a family feel that’s impossible to manufacture. Parents say it strikes the perfect balance between study and mud slides up on the Moors – and the students we met appeared lively, courteous, confident
