Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bradford
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 13 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry184 applications · 71 places offered · 45 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2025 3.7; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2024 3.2; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2023 3.5; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2022 3.4; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2021 3.0; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2020 3.5; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2019 4.3; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2018 4.2; Bradford median median 2.7
- 2017 4.4; Bradford median median 3.0
- 2016 6.3; Bradford median median 4.3
- 2015 5.1; Bradford median median 4.1
- 2014 6.0; 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 | 71 | 184 | 2.6 | 45 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 71 | 265 | 3.7 | 53 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 73 | 233 | 3.2 | 56 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 70 | 246 | 3.5 | 42 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 73 | 250 | 3.4 | 54 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 | 72 | 216 | 3.0 | 28 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2020 | 73 | 256 | 3.5 | 62 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 71 | 304 | 4.3 | 67 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 72 | 302 | 4.2 | 52 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 | 73 | 321 | 4.4 | 89 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 58 | 366 | 6.3 | 61 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 308 | 5.1 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 59 | 351 | 6.0 | 53 | 0.90 |
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.) | 75 | 41.1 | 43% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 77 | 38.7 | 46% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 71 | 30.8 | 17% | 31% | −1.01 |
| 2022/23 | 74 | 35.0 | 27% | 49% | −0.29 |
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
- Valley AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Bradford20263.8applications per place 55.3Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BradfordRemains Good20242.1applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BradfordRemains Outstanding20232.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BradfordOutstanding20244.8applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · BradfordGood20237.4applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20259.5applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Bradford20262.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139474 · 380/4013
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 375 pupils · 356 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2013
- Address
- Cliffe Terrace, Bradford, BD8 7DX
- Local authority
- Bradford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources