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Parkside School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,061Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 150001URN

Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford, BD13 5AD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

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

406 applications for 199 places · 25th of 35 in Bradford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.4of 90
25th of 35 in Bradford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 24 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • 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

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement

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) close to England median (2.2)

406 applications · 199 places offered · 132 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Bradford median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.4; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.4; Bradford median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.7; Bradford median median 2.3; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.8; Bradford median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 3.3; Bradford median median 2.5; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Bradford median median 2.3; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.0; Bradford median median 2.4; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.8; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.8; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.2; Bradford median median 4.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Bradford median median 4.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.0; Bradford median median 3.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Dashed bars: as Parkside School (URN 132217), 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 20261994062.01320.66
Sep 20251944692.42021.04
Sep 20242024782.41700.84
Sep 2023 *2135692.71940.91
Sep 2022 *2055652.82101.02
Sep 2021 *2006523.32411.21
Sep 2020 *2065732.82461.19
Sep 2019 *2056103.02091.02
Sep 2018 *2055702.81930.94
Sep 2017 *1995572.81550.78
Sep 2016 *1785703.21750.98
Sep 2015 *1775172.91530.86
Sep 2014 *1755193.01490.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

214 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.425th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%33rd of 35 in Bradford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.86
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21436.422%48%–
2024/2520236.723%43%–
2023/2420236.925%48%−0.86
2022/23 *20739.027%51%−0.64

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
150001 · 380/4112
Trust
Wellspring Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,374 pupils · 1,061 on roll
Free school meals
27.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2023
Replaced
Parkside School (URN 132217)
Address
Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford, BD13 5AD
Local authority
Bradford

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