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State secondary schools in Bradford

35 schools · Yorkshire and the Humber · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Bradford has 35 state secondaries, 16 of them with sixth forms. 78.1% of families got their first choice last year, worse than most of England. Results run from 11.3% to 66.9% passing English and maths, a spread of 56 points, with a middle school at 37.1%, below England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 5 rated Outstanding, 15 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate. 12 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

35 schools in Bradford. Tap one, or see the full list.
11% 67% passed English & maths

Bradford against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

38%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

7.9% below England

England 45%

40.8

Attainment 8 average score

5.3 below England

England 46.1

25%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

3.3% above England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Bradford

78.1%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

91.4%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

11%

Appeals upheld78 of 707 heard

These are figures for Bradford as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Bradford's 35 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 11% to 67%. That is a spread of 56 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Bradford schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

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  1. 1 Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · 30 entries 100%
  2. 2 Beckfoot School Bingley · 58 entries 100%
  3. 3 Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · 31 entries 100%
  4. 4 Dixons City Academy Bradford · 30 entries 100%
  5. 5 Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · 29 entries 100%
  6. 6 Trinity Academy Bradford Bradford · 21 entries 100%
  7. 7 Carlton Bolling Bradford · 25 entries 100%
  8. 8 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · 22 entries 100%
  9. 9 St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Bradford · 49 entries 98%
  10. 10 Bingley Grammar School Bingley · 71 entries 96%
  11. 11 Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · 60 entries 93%
  12. 12 Hanson Academy Bradford · 42 entries 93%
  13. 13 Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford · 52 entries 87%
  14. 14 Carlton Keighley Keighley · 34 entries 85%
  15. 15 Titus Salt School Bradford · 47 entries 83%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

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  • Appleton Academy Bradford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    27%
    Attainment 8
    35.1
    Absence
    24%
  • Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    26%
    Attainment 8
    35.3
    Absence
    34%
  • Beckfoot School Bingley · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    58%
    Attainment 8
    53
    Absence
    16%
  • Beckfoot Thornton Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    40.2
    Absence
    34%
  • Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    31%
    Attainment 8
    37.3
    Absence
    37%
  • Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    32%
    Attainment 8
    43.2
    Absence
    20%
  • Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    46.5
    Absence
    17%
  • Bradford Academy Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    23%
    Attainment 8
    33.1
    Absence
    31%
  • Bradford Forster Academy Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    24%
    Attainment 8
    32.7
    Absence
    26%
  • Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    44.8
    Absence
    25%
  • Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    48.9
    Absence
    22%
  • Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    31%
    Attainment 8
    36.6
    Absence
    35%
  • Carlton Bolling Bradford · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    44.4
    Absence
    25%
  • Carlton Keighley Keighley · Good.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    38.6
    Absence
    22%
  • Co-op Academy Grange Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    17%
    Attainment 8
    29.1
    Absence
    40%
  • Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    41.7
    Absence
    32%
  • Dixons City Academy Bradford · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    49.5
    Absence
    21%
  • Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley · Good.
    Eng & maths
    47%
    Attainment 8
    46.7
    Absence
    24%
  • Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    55%
    Attainment 8
    52.7
    Absence
    18%
  • Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    51%
    Attainment 8
    47.3
    Absence
    22%
  • Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    51.4
    Absence
    22%
  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    57%
    Attainment 8
    49.1
    Absence
    17%
  • Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    54.8
    Absence
    14%
  • Hanson Academy Bradford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    35.1
    Absence
    34%
  • Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    67%
    Attainment 8
    56.5
    Absence
    14%
  • Immanuel College Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    41.9
    Absence
    27%
  • Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    33%
    Attainment 8
    36.1
    Absence
    27%
  • Oasis Academy Lister Park Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    26%
    Attainment 8
    31.6
    Absence
    38%
  • Parkside School Bradford · Inadequate.
    Eng & maths
    23%
    Attainment 8
    36.7
    Absence
    30%
  • St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Bradford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    44.5
    Absence
    24%
  • The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Keighley · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    11%
    Attainment 8
    28.8
    Absence
    32%
  • Titus Salt School Bradford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    40.9
    Absence
    26%
  • Tong Leadership Academy Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    18%
    Attainment 8
    26.4
    Absence
    32%
  • Trinity Academy Bradford Bradford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    43.9
    Absence
    14%
  • Valley Academy Bradford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    38.7
    Absence
    33%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Bradford

12 of Bradford's 16 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Bradford

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Calderdale 13 schools · 51% passed English & mathsKirklees 25 schools · 47% passed English & mathsLancashire 81 schools · 44% passed English & mathsLeeds 45 schools · 47% passed English & mathsNorth Yorkshire 41 schools · 47% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.