Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 entry391 applications · 172 places offered · 90 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2025 2.4; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2024 2.2; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2023 2.2; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2022 1.9; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2021 1.8; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2020 1.9; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2019 1.4; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2018 1.2; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Bradford median median 4.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Bradford median median 4.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Bradford median median 3.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Bradford median
Dashed bars: as The Samuel Lister Academy (URN 137576), Aire Valley School (URN 107397), the previous school.
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 | 172 | 391 | 2.3 | 90 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 429 | 2.4 | 103 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2024 | 173 | 373 | 2.2 | 79 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 385 | 2.2 | 70 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 342 | 1.9 | 77 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 312 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2020 | 170 | 320 | 1.9 | 52 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 245 | 1.4 | 43 | 0.25 |
| Sep 2018 * | 168 | 204 | 1.2 | 36 | 0.21 |
| Sep 2017 * | 175 | 256 | 1.5 | 44 | 0.25 |
| Sep 2016 * | 188 | 316 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.27 |
| Sep 2015 * | 199 | 312 | 1.6 | 46 | 0.23 |
| Sep 2014 * | 178 | 328 | 1.8 | 51 | 0.29 |
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.) | 173 | 44.5 | 41% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 46.7 | 47% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 179 | 50.1 | 54% | 75% | +0.65 |
| 2022/23 | 169 | 45.1 | 43% | 68% | +0.42 |
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 Cottingley AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.3applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Bradford20252.1applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BradfordRemains Good20231.9applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Bradford20263.2applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Bradford20262.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · BradfordRemains Good20234.0applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · BradfordRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 41.9Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 146198 · 380/4073
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 861 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2018
- Replaced
- The Samuel Lister Academy (URN 137576); Aire Valley School (URN 107397)
- Address
- Cottingley New Road, Bingley, BD16 1TZ
- Local authority
- Bradford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources