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Belle Vue Girls' Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 910Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138087URN

Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6NA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.3 below Bradford median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bradford

262 applications for 126 places · 23rd of 35 in Bradford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.4of 90
15th of 35 in Bradford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 11 November 2025Published 11 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 11 November 2025
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 9 December 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Bradford median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

262 applications · 126 places offered · 89 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Bradford median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.0; Bradford median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.0; Bradford median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.8; Bradford median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.8; Bradford median median 2.5
  7. 2020 2.1; Bradford median median 2.3
  8. 2019 1.7; Bradford median median 2.4
  9. 2018 1.7; Bradford median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Bradford median median 3.0
  11. 2016 1.7; Bradford median median 4.3
  12. 2015 1.8; Bradford median median 4.1
  13. 2014 1.8; Bradford median median 3.9
More applications per place than the Bradford median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261262622.1890.71
Sep 20251642911.8970.59
Sep 20241583102.01130.72
Sep 20231593172.01000.63
Sep 20221773191.8880.50
Sep 20211793251.8910.51
Sep 20201743582.1790.45
Sep 20191953351.7850.44
Sep 20182053561.7770.38
Sep 20172203631.7790.36
Sep 20162223671.7990.45
Sep 20152133781.8710.33
Sep 20142213991.8750.34

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

171 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.415th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%10th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17144.446%63%–
2024/2518143.232%60%–
2023/2419043.842%63%+0.16
2022/2318745.338%57%+0.46

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138087 · 380/4041
Trust
Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,150 pupils · 910 on roll
Free school meals
41.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2012
Replaced
Belle Vue Girls' School (URN 107368)
Address
Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6NA
Local authority
Bradford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources