Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bradford
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry337 applications · 139 places offered · 91 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2025 2.8; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2024 2.5; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2023 2.9; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2022 3.5; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2021 4.0; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2020 4.3; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2019 7.1; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2018 7.6; Bradford median median 2.7
- 2017 13.0; Bradford median median 3.0
- 2016 11.2; Bradford median median 4.3
- 2015 16.2; Bradford median median 4.1
- 2014 17.2; Bradford median median 3.9
- This school
- Bradford median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 139 | 337 | 2.4 | 91 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 125 | 355 | 2.8 | 69 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2024 | 137 | 346 | 2.5 | 83 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2023 | 143 | 416 | 2.9 | 94 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2022 | 144 | 500 | 3.5 | 141 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 138 | 554 | 4.0 | 142 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 139 | 598 | 4.3 | 147 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 111 | 791 | 7.1 | 249 | 2.24 |
| Sep 2018 | 112 | 851 | 7.6 | 289 | 2.58 |
| Sep 2017 | 66 | 857 | 13.0 | 300 | 4.55 |
| Sep 2016 | 77 | 865 | 11.2 | 312 | 4.05 |
| Sep 2015 | 53 | 856 | 16.2 | 288 | 5.43 |
| Sep 2014 | 48 | 826 | 17.2 | 284 | 5.92 |
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.) | 131 | 46.8 | 45% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 143 | 44.8 | 37% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 114 | 46.9 | 44% | 64% | +0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 113 | 51.7 | 53% | 70% | +0.27 |
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
- Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BradfordOutstanding20244.8applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BradfordRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Bradford20262.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BradfordRemains Outstanding20247.8applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BradfordRemains Good20231.9applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Bradford20252.1applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BradfordSpecial measures 20262.1applications per place 34.0Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · BradfordRemains Good20242.1applications per place 35.7Attainment 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
- 140204 · 380/6102
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 725 pupils · 667 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2013
- Replaced
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School (URN 107454)
- Address
- Squire Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RB
- Local authority
- Bradford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources