Yorkshire and the Humber
Secondary schools in Bradford
220 schools, 98,161 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.5.
Ofsted across Bradford
Good96
Outstanding14
Requires improvement7
Inadequate1
No overall grade102
118 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 102 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Bradford
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilkley Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Ilkley | No grade | 56.5 |
| Feversham Girls' Secondary AcademyAcademy converter | Bradford | No grade | 54.8 |
| Beckfoot SchoolAcademy converter | Bingley | No grade | 53 |
| Dixons Kings AcademyFree schools | Bradford | Outstanding 2024 | 52.7 |
| Dixons Trinity AcademyFree schools | Bradford | No grade | 51.4 |
| Dixons City AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | No grade | 49.5 |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, BradfordFree schools | Bradford | Outstanding 2024 | 49.1 |
| Bronte Girls' AcademyFree schools | Bradford | Good 2024 | 48.9 |
| Dixons McMillan AcademyFree schools | Bradford | Good 2023 | 47.3 |
| Dixons Cottingley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bingley | Good 2022 | 46.7 |
| Bingley Grammar SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bingley | Good 2023 | 46.5 |
| Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolFree schools | Bradford | No grade | 44.8 |
| St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Bradford | Good 2019 | 44.5 |
| Carlton BollingAcademy converter | Bradford | Outstanding 2023 | 44.4 |
| Trinity Academy BradfordAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2024 | 43.9 |
| Belle Vue Girls' AcademyAcademy converter | Bradford | No grade | 43.2 |
| Immanuel CollegeAcademy converter | Bradford | Good 2024 | 41.9 |
| Dixons Allerton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Requires improvement 2024 | 41.7 |
| Titus Salt SchoolCommunity school | Bradford | No grade | 40.9 |
| Beckfoot ThorntonAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2023 | 40.2 |
| Valley AcademyFree schools | Bradford | No grade | 38.7 |
| Carlton KeighleyAcademy sponsor led | Keighley | No grade | 38.6 |
| Beckfoot Upper HeatonAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2023 | 37.3 |
| Parkside SchoolAcademy converter | Bradford | Inadequate 2023 | 36.7 |
| Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | No grade | 36.6 |
| Laisterdyke Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2023 | 36.1 |
| Beckfoot OakbankAcademy sponsor led | Keighley | No grade | 35.3 |
| Appleton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2021 | 35.1 |
| Hanson AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | No grade | 35.1 |
| Bradford AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | No grade | 33.1 |
| Bradford Forster AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | No grade | 32.7 |
| Oasis Academy Lister ParkAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2024 | 31.6 |
| Co-op Academy GrangeAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | No grade | 29.1 |
| The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Keighley | No grade | 28.8 |
| Tong Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bradford | Good 2023 | 26.4 |