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Academy sponsor led · Bradford

Hanson Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,503Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149011URN

Sutton Avenue, Bradford, BD2 1JP

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.3 below Bradford median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bradford

586 applications for 288 places · 26th of 35 in Bradford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.3of 90
27th of 35 in Bradford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 29 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Bradford median (2.4) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

586 applications · 288 places offered · 245 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Bradford median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.6; Bradford median median 2.5
  4. 2023 1.6; Bradford median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.4; Bradford median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.5; Bradford median median 2.5; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.8; Bradford median median 2.3; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Bradford median median 4.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Bradford median median 4.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.4; Bradford median median 3.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Dashed bars: as Hanson School (URN 107440), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262885862.02450.85
Sep 20252784661.71880.68
Sep 20242724331.61570.58
Sep 20232884721.61750.61
Sep 2022 *2924171.41580.54
Sep 2021 *2914281.51560.54
Sep 2020 *2774871.81330.48
Sep 2019 *3085621.81750.57
Sep 2018 *2755191.91590.58
Sep 2017 *2865201.81400.49
Sep 2016 *2945932.01490.51
Sep 2015 *2966972.41960.66
Sep 2014 *2997172.41920.64

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

263 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.327th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%13th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.69
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26336.345%57%–
2024/2526935.136%51%–
2023/2426835.039%52%−0.69
2022/2327432.232%46%−0.98

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149011 · 380/4093
Trust
Delta Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,788 pupils · 1,503 on roll
Free school meals
47.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 July 2022
Replaced
Hanson School (URN 107440)
Address
Sutton Avenue, Bradford, BD2 1JP
Local authority
Bradford

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