Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026):Demand for placesFrom the government's figures on school applications and offers. We show how many children had the school as their first choice for every 10 places it offered. 22 for every 10 places means more than twice as many children put it first as there were places, so not everyone who put it first got in. 10 or fewer means there were enough places for everyone who put it first.
The figures are for families applying in the normal admissions round, and they change every year with the number of children in the area - never a guarantee for the year you apply in. Read them alongside the furthest-distance figure, if there is one. 164 families put it first for 163 places
– 10 for every 10 places.
90% of them were offered a place. 3 of the 163 places went to families living outside the council area.Applying to a school in another boroughYou can apply to any state school in England, whichever council area it's in. List it on your own council's application form - they pass it on.
Schools generally can't favour children just for living in the same borough: distance is measured the same way for everyone. Some schools do use a catchment area or feeder schools, so check the school's own admissions rules. The "out of area" figure on a school's page shows how many places went to families from other council areas last year.Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026):Demand for placesFrom the government's figures on school applications and offers. We show how many children had the school as their first choice for every 10 places it offered. 22 for every 10 places means more than twice as many children put it first as there were places, so not everyone who put it first got in. 10 or fewer means there were enough places for everyone who put it first.
The figures are for families applying in the normal admissions round, and they change every year with the number of children in the area - never a guarantee for the year you apply in. Read them alongside the furthest-distance figure, if there is one. 19 families put it first for 24 places
– 8 for every 10 places.
Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 24 places went to families living outside the council area.Applying to a school in another boroughYou can apply to any state school in England, whichever council area it's in. List it on your own council's application form - they pass it on.
Schools generally can't favour children just for living in the same borough: distance is measured the same way for everyone. Some schools do use a catchment area or feeder schools, so check the school's own admissions rules. The "out of area" figure on a school's page shows how many places went to families from other council areas last year.Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 12 · 2026 8
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
1207 pupilsout of 1378 places
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 606
% eligible for free school meals: 50.8%
Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)Pupil mixA single measure of how varied a school's pupils are in their recorded ethnic backgrounds: the chance that two pupils picked at random come from different backgrounds. Higher means more mixed.
We deliberately show just this one number, compared with the area, rather than a breakdown by group - it describes how diverse a school is without labelling who its pupils are. It's worked out from the Department for Education's official school census.
English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)English as an additional languagePupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. It says nothing about how well they speak English - many are fully fluent. A higher figure often means a school has experience supporting children who are still learning English, and a wide mix of languages in the classroom. Nationally it's about 21.6%.
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
Teacher turnover: 23.6% a year (Bradford 19.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 66% moved to another school, 34% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
About this Behaviour status
We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.
Across Bradford: suspensions by reason
Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 45 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 55 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 64 (1.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Bradford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
Overall absence: 9.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 26.0%
Data year: 2024/25
About persistent absence
A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.
SEN
Resourced provision
for
AutismSpeech, language and communicationSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)20 places · 20 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.SEN units and resourced provisionSome mainstream schools have places set aside for children with a particular need, such as autism or hearing impairment. In an SEN unit pupils are taught mostly in their own small classes; in resourced provision they are taught mostly in ordinary classes, with a specialist base and staff to support them.
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application. Most schools don't have either - that isn't a mark against them.
Source: the government's schools register (Get Information About Schools).
Pupils on SEN Support: 25.1%SEN SupportPupils identified as having special educational needs who get extra help arranged by the school itself, without an EHC Plan. Nationally it's roughly 1 in 7 pupils. A higher figure can mean the school takes more children with additional needs, or that it's good at spotting them - it isn't a good or bad sign on its own.
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.4%EHC Plan (EHCP)An Education, Health and Care Plan is a legal document from the council for children with greater needs, setting out support the school must provide. In mainstream schools it's usually just a few percent of pupils. Schools with an SEN Unit or Resourced Provision often have a noticeably higher figure.
Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
Social, emotional and mental health: 84 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 60 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 55 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 32 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 25 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
Autistic spectrum disorder: 39 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
About these SEND figures
These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.
SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.
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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.
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Educational Attainment
Ofsted report cardJune 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
SafeguardingMet
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
How Ofsted report cards work
Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.
Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.
SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11
Attainment 8 score: 35.1
Compared with the area: 6.5 points below the Bradford average (41.6)
Compared with schools with similar pupils:As expected(−1.8 points against an expected 36.9)Compared with schools with similar pupilsResults depend a lot on who a school teaches. Using every comparable state secondary in England, we work out the Attainment 8 score you'd expect from a school's own pupils - how many are disadvantaged, have SEN, or speak English as an additional language - and compare it with what the school actually got.
Within about 2 points either way counts as "as expected". It's one year of results and these factors explain only part of the picture, so treat it as one useful view, not a verdict.
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 42% (Bradford 58%, England 65%)→ Broadly steady
GCSE results over timeResults over timeThe school's official results for the last three years, next to the area average and England. For London boroughs and other single councils that's the official council-wide figure; for districts within a county (like Epping Forest in Essex) it's the average of that district's own state schools, weighted by pupil numbers. We call it improving or falling only when the change is bigger than the normal wobble between one year group and the next; smaller changes are shown as broadly steady.
In small primary schools a couple of children can move the percentage a lot, so we allow for that too. A change of headteacher, a new trust or a very different intake can all shift results - worth asking the school about.
This schoolBradford averageEngland↘ Falling Down 3.3 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6.5 points below the Bradford average (41.6).
About the Attainment 8 score
Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.
28th of 35 all-through schools in Bradford for Attainment 8
#26Laisterdyke Leadership Academy36.1
#27Beckfoot Oakbank35.3
#28Appleton Academy35.1
#29Hanson Academy35.1
#30Bradford Academy33.1
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Attainment 8 ranking
Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.
RankSchoolScore
#1Ilkley Grammar School56.5
#2Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy54.8
#3Beckfoot School53.0
#4Dixons Kings Academy52.7
#5Dixons Trinity Academy51.4
#6Dixons City Academy49.5
#7Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford49.1
#8Bronte Girls' Academy48.9
#9Dixons McMillan Academy47.3
#10Dixons Cottingley Academy46.7
#11Bingley Grammar School46.5
#12Bradford Girls' Grammar School44.8
#13St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy44.5
#14Carlton Bolling44.4
#15Trinity Academy Bradford43.9
#16Belle Vue Girls' Academy43.2
#17Immanuel College41.9
#18Dixons Allerton Academy41.7
#19Titus Salt School40.9
#20Beckfoot Thornton40.2
#21Valley Academy38.7
#22Carlton Keighley38.6
#23Beckfoot Upper Heaton37.3
#24Parkside School36.7
#25Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy36.6
#26Laisterdyke Leadership Academy36.1
#27Beckfoot Oakbank35.3
#28Appleton Academy35.1
#29Hanson Academy35.1
#30Bradford Academy33.1
#31Bradford Forster Academy32.7
#32Oasis Academy Lister Park31.6
#33Co-op Academy Grange29.1
#34The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy28.8
#35Tong Leadership Academy26.4
Leaver Destinations
In education, employment, or training a year later: 86.0%
Went into further education: 82.0%
Data year: 2024/25
About leaver destinations
This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.
GCSE Subjects Offered
Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
Geography
History
Art & Design
Spanish
Photography
Polish
Arabic
Portuguese
Italian
French Language
About this subject list
This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.
PrimaryYear 6 SATs results
Year 6 SATs resultsYear 6 SATs: expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths - all three - in their SATs (Key Stage 2). Nationally it was 62% in 2024/25. The higher standard is the top band, reached by about 8% nationally.
In a small school, one or two children can move the percentage a lot, so check how many pupils it's based on - the 3-year average, where shown, is steadier. Like any results, it reflects the pupils a school takes as well as its teaching.
Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths:
63%
(England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils:Above(3-year average 59% against an expected 51%)SATs compared with similar schoolsUsing every comparable state primary and junior school in England, we work out the share of Year 6 pupils you'd expect to meet the expected standard, from how many are disadvantaged, have SEN, or speak English as an additional language - and compare it with what the school actually achieved.
Primary year groups are small, so we use the three-year average and allow for each school's own pupil numbers: a small school needs a bigger gap before it's called above or below. These factors explain only part of the picture, so treat it as one useful view, not a verdict.
3-year average (expected standard): 59%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106SATs average scoresSATs reading and maths tests are marked on a scale from 80 to 120, where 100 means a pupil met the expected standard. This is the school's average. Nationally the averages were 106 in reading and 105 in maths in 2024/25. Writing isn't a test - it's assessed by teachers - so it has no score.
SATs results over timeResults over timeThe school's official results for the last three years, next to the area average and England. For London boroughs and other single councils that's the official council-wide figure; for districts within a county (like Epping Forest in Essex) it's the average of that district's own state schools, weighted by pupil numbers. We call it improving or falling only when the change is bigger than the normal wobble between one year group and the next; smaller changes are shown as broadly steady.
In small primary schools a couple of children can move the percentage a lot, so we allow for that too. A change of headteacher, a new trust or a very different intake can all shift results - worth asking the school about.
This schoolBradford averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 3 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%).
Year 6 SATs: joint 73rd of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
=68Laycock Academy64%
=68Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School64%
=73Appleton Academy63%
=73Dixons Music Primary63%
=73Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School63%
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Year 6 SATs ranking
Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.
RankSchoolScore
#1Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy92%
=2Baildon Church of England Primary School90%
=2Lift Feversham90%
#4Harden Primary School89%
#5St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy88%
=6Bankfoot Primary School83%
=6East Morton CofE Primary School83%
=8All Saints' CofE Primary School82%
=8Merlin Top Primary Academy82%
=10Beckfoot Heaton Primary81%
=10Keelham Primary School81%
=12Burley Oaks Primary School80%
=12Hollingwood Academy80%
=12Marshfield Primary80%
=12St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy80%
=12Thackley Primary School80%
=17Brackenhill Primary School79%
=17Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School79%
=17Farfield Primary and Nursery School79%
=17Lees Primary School79%
=17Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy79%
=22Dixons Marchbank Primary77%
=22Eastburn Primary School77%
=22Foxhill Primary School77%
=22Newhall Park Primary School77%
=26Crossflatts Primary School76%
=26Lower Fields Primary Academy76%
=26Sandy Lane Primary School76%
=26St John's CofE Primary School76%
=30Blakehill Primary School75%
=30Byron Primary School75%
=30Copthorne Primary School75%
=30Lady Royd Primary School75%
=30St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy75%
=35Eldwick Primary School73%
=35Hoyle Court Primary School73%
=35Steeton Primary School73%
#38Silsden Primary School72%
=39Bowling Park Primary School71%
=39Greengates Primary Academy71%
=39St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy71%
=39St Joseph's Catholic Primary School71%
=39Thorpe Primary71%
=44All Saints CofE Primary School70%
=44Haworth Primary School70%
=44Lilycroft Primary School70%
=44Low Ash Primary School70%
=44Menston Primary School70%
=44St Anne's Catholic Primary School70%
=44St Philip's CofE Primary School70%
=51Farnham Academy69%
=51St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy69%
=51St Luke's CofE Primary School69%
=54Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery68%
=54Saltaire Primary School68%
=56Grove House Academy67%
=56Killinghall Primary School67%
=56Oxenhope CofE Primary School67%
=56Stanbury Village School67%
=56Worth Valley Primary School67%
=61Ashlands Primary School66%
=61Newby Primary School66%
=61Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy66%
=61Sandal Primary School66%
=65Co-op Academy Parkland65%
=65Miriam Lord Primary School65%
=65St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy65%
=68Dixons Manningham Academy64%
=68Frizinghall Primary School64%
=68Holybrook Primary School64%
=68Laycock Academy64%
=68Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School64%
=73Appleton Academy63%
=73Dixons Music Primary63%
=73Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School63%
=73Victoria Primary School63%
=73Wilsden Primary School63%
=78Atlas Community Primary School62%
=78Cottingley Village Primary School62%
=78Our Lady of Victories Catholic School62%
=81Low Moor CofE Primary School61%
=81Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School61%
=81Wellington Primary School61%
=84Idle CofE Primary School60%
=84St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy60%
=84St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy60%
=84Wibsey Primary School60%
=84Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy60%
=89Addingham Primary School58%
=89Holycroft Primary School58%
=89St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy58%
=89Swain House Primary School58%
=89The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School58%
=89Woodside Academy58%
=95Home Farm Primary School57%
=95Ingrow Primary School57%
=95Myrtle Park Primary57%
=95Russell Hall Primary School57%
=95St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy57%
=95Stocks Lane Primary School57%
#101Clayton Village Academy56%
=102Co-op Academy Penny Oaks55%
=102Cullingworth Village Primary School55%
=102Dixons Allerton Academy55%
=102Margaret McMillan Primary School55%
=102Westbourne Primary School55%
=107Horton Park Primary School54%
=107Poplars Farm Primary School54%
=107St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy54%
=107St Paul's CofE Primary School54%
=107Westminster Church of England Primary Academy54%
#112Lapage Primary School and Nursery53%
=113Denholme Primary School52%
=113Southmere Primary Academy52%
=113St Stephen's CofE Primary School52%
=116Beckfoot Nessfield51%
=116High Crags Primary Leadership Academy51%
=116Shibden Head Primary Academy51%
=116St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy51%
=120Cavendish Primary School50%
=120Horton Grange Primary School50%
=120Peel Park Primary School and Nursery50%
=120Reevy Hill Primary School50%
=120Ryecroft Primary Academy50%
=120Whetley Academy50%
=126The Academy At St. James49%
=126Wycliffe CofE Primary School49%
=128Bradford Academy48%
=128Green Lane Primary School48%
=130Girlington Primary School47%
=130St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy47%
=132Christ Church Church of England Academy46%
=132Hill Top CofE Primary School46%
=132Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy46%
=135Carlton Mills45%
=135Thornton Primary School45%
=135Worthinghead Primary School45%
=138Parkwood Primary School44%
=138St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School44%
=140Clayton St John CofE Primary School43%
=140Shipley CofE Primary School43%
=142Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery42%
=142Iqra Primary Academy42%
=144Co-op Academy Princeville41%
=144Eastwood Community School41%
=144Lidget Green Academy41%
=147Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery40%
A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.
9th of 35 all-through schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
#7Bradford Academy£9,129
#8Bradford Forster Academy£8,866
#9Appleton Academy£8,777
#10Valley Academy£8,684
#11Belle Vue Girls' Academy£8,545
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Spending Per Pupil ranking
Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.
RankSchoolScore
#1Carlton Keighley£10,316
#2The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy£10,145
#3Tong Leadership Academy£9,949
#4Co-op Academy Grange£9,851
#5Titus Salt School£9,691
#6Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy£9,397
#7Bradford Academy£9,129
#8Bradford Forster Academy£8,866
#9Appleton Academy£8,777
#10Valley Academy£8,684
#11Belle Vue Girls' Academy£8,545
#12Hanson Academy£8,453
#13Beckfoot Upper Heaton£8,375
#14Beckfoot Oakbank£8,037
#15Carlton Bolling£7,917
#16Oasis Academy Lister Park£7,870
#17Parkside School£7,846
#18St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy£7,826
