Report card · inspected May 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 19 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 26 September 2019Graded inspection: Good · as St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, URN 140569
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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 entry665 applications · 283 places offered · 297 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2025 2.6; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2024 2.7; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2023 2.7; Bradford median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2022 2.6; Bradford median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; Bradford median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 2.7; Bradford median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 2.9; Bradford median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2018 2.9; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2016 3.5; Bradford median median 4.3; as the previous school
- 2015 3.1; Bradford median median 4.1; as the previous school
- 2014 3.4; Bradford median median 3.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Bradford median
Dashed bars: as St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College (URN 140569), 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 | 283 | 665 | 2.4 | 297 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 285 | 750 | 2.6 | 306 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 285 | 779 | 2.7 | 336 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 * | 284 | 776 | 2.7 | 339 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 * | 286 | 746 | 2.6 | 302 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 * | 286 | 751 | 2.6 | 297 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 * | 288 | 780 | 2.7 | 284 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 * | 285 | 812 | 2.9 | 274 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 284 | 830 | 2.9 | 329 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 * | 287 | 950 | 3.3 | 318 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 * | 290 | 1,005 | 3.5 | 351 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 * | 290 | 900 | 3.1 | 332 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 * | 287 | 988 | 3.4 | 337 | 1.17 |
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.) | 284 | 45.4 | 47% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 289 | 44.5 | 45% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 294 | 45.5 | 37% | 64% | −0.15 |
| 2022/23 * | 284 | 44.7 | 35% | 62% | −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
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BradfordRemains Good20242.1applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BradfordRemains Good20231.9applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Bradford20252.1applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BradfordOutstanding20244.8applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Bradford20262.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BradfordRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BradfordGood20222.3applications per place 44.5Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148520 · 380/4023
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,950 pupils · 1,800 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College (URN 140569)
- Address
- Highgate, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 4BQ
- Local authority
- Bradford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources