Bradford Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1549

Places

1891

How full

82% full — 1549 of 1891 places taken

Girls / boys

703 / 846

Overall absence

14%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

38%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

55%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

23%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

15%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

82%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

78%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

20%

No sustained destination

9%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

231

After sixth form

Went to university

36%

England 50%

In education, work or training

78%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

67

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

54%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

56

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bradford 053A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

21%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

28%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

69%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

2%

England 17%

Households with no car

27%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

42%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 2–19

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

Church of England

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Day school

Trust

BRADFORD ACADEMY TRUST

Headteacher

Principal: Melanie Saville

Local authority

Bradford

Ward

Bowling and Barkerend

Constituency

Bradford East

URN

135367

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.