# The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 630 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E149299. [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 630
- Council: Bradford
- URN: 149299

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 2 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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 The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy was 31.7, against 41.4 in Bradford and 46.2 in England.
21.2% 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 | 31.7 | 41.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 21.2% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41.1% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 146 | – | – |

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.

- [Carlton Keighley](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlton-keighley-e136198): 500 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, February 2025. Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Beechcliffe Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beechcliffe-special-school-e150011): 560 m. Special. School remains Good, July 2022
- [Victoria Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/victoria-primary-school-e143571): 680 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Anne's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-catholic-primary-school-e141062): 790 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Our Lady of Victories Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-victories-catholic-school-e141059): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Eastwood Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eastwood-community-school-e146223): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 41% 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/149299)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149299)

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