Bradford Academy
All-through schoolBradford Academy is a all-through school in Bradford, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 1,549 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 48% of pupils at Bradford Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Bradford and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Bradford Academy was 35.2, against 41.4 in Bradford and 46.2 in England.
27.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 35.2 | 41.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.9% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46.5% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 226 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Oastlers SchoolSpecial. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met100 m
- Lower Fields Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Darul Uloom Dawatul ImaanIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file620 m
- Bradford Forster AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)660 m
- Park Aspire Alternative Provision AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, March 2020850 m
- Bowling Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bradford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).