SF School Facts UK

16 plus school in Bradford

New College Bradford

Nelson Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0DX

Sixth form
School website 01274089189

Ofsted

Ofsted has not published an inspection outcome for this school.

This is usual for schools that have opened recently, and for most independent schools, which are inspected by ISI or another approved body rather than Ofsted.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
33.9

England average 32.3

A level students
387

Pupils

Places
1200

What pupils do next

After sixth form

Went to university
65%

England 50%

In education, work or training
84%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
585

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

10% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
72%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
567

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 045C, 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
16%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
39%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
7%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
74%

England 17%

Households with no car
71%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
59%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Free schools 16 to 19
Phase
16 plus
Ages
Ages 16–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Stuart Nash
Local authority
Bradford
Ward
Little Horton
Constituency
Bradford East
URN
143689

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest 16 plus schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Bradford CollegeFurther education No grade 0.4 mi
Dixons Sixth Form, BradfordFree schools 16 to 19 No grade 0.5 mi
Shipley CollegeFurther education No grade 3.6 mi
Trinity Sixth Form AcademyFree schools 16 to 19 No grade 6.2 mi
Calderdale CollegeFurther education No grade 7 mi
Elliott Hudson CollegeFree schools 16 to 19 No grade 7.5 mi
Luminate Education GroupFurther education No grade 19.2 7.9 mi
Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form CollegeFurther education No grade 8.3 mi

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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