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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 27 November 2018Graded inspection: Outstanding
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,317 applications · 171 places offered · 369 named it first
- 2026 7.7; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2025 7.5; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2024 7.7; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2023 8.0; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2022 8.4; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2021 8.5; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2020 9.4; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2019 9.6; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2018 9.6; Bradford median median 2.7
- 2017 9.5; Bradford median median 3.0
- 2016 9.7; Bradford median median 4.3
- 2015 9.9; Bradford median median 4.1
- 2014 9.7; Bradford median median 3.9
- This school
- Bradford median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 171 | 1,317 | 7.7 | 369 | 2.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 1,309 | 7.5 | 361 | 2.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 1,340 | 7.7 | 402 | 2.30 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 1,445 | 8.0 | 383 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 1,494 | 8.4 | 376 | 2.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 1,474 | 8.5 | 377 | 2.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 176 | 1,658 | 9.4 | 442 | 2.51 |
| Sep 2019 | 161 | 1,545 | 9.6 | 373 | 2.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 163 | 1,556 | 9.6 | 408 | 2.50 |
| Sep 2017 | 163 | 1,540 | 9.5 | 416 | 2.55 |
| Sep 2016 | 162 | 1,577 | 9.7 | 449 | 2.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 163 | 1,605 | 9.9 | 457 | 2.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 162 | 1,571 | 9.7 | 519 | 3.20 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 184 | 52.5 | 57% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 49.5 | 50% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 51.8 | 50% | 71% | +0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 169 | 54.5 | 57% | 73% | +0.39 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Dixons City AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20247.7applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20259.5applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · BradfordGood20237.4applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · BradfordGood20242.5applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20251.0applications per place 30.1Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BradfordRemains Outstanding20247.8applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BradfordOutstanding20244.8applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 130909 · 380/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 892 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2005
- Replaced
- Dixons City Technology College (URN 107462)
- Address
- Ripley Street, Bradford, BD5 7RR
- Local authority
- Bradford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources