# St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,800 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E148520. [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,800
- Council: Bradford
- URN: 148520

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy was 45.4, against 41.4 in Bradford and 46.2 in England.
47.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.4 | 41.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.2% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.6% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 284 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heaton-st-barnabas-cofe-aided-primary-school-e107321): 260 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Margaret McMillan Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/margaret-mcmillan-primary-school-e143568): 550 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-cuthbert-and-the-first-martyrs-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e147923): 680 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Carlton Mills](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlton-mills-e147939): 680 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lilycroft Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lilycroft-nursery-school-e107187): 1 km. Nursery. School remains Outstanding, March 2023
- [Lilycroft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lilycroft-primary-school-e143572): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148520)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148520)

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