Valley Academy
Secondary schoolValley Academy is a secondary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 356 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 17 March 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
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Valley Academy was 41.1, against 41.4 in Bradford and 46.2 in England.
42.7% 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 | 41.1 | 41.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42.7% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 75 | – | – |
- 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- Al Mumin Primary and Secondary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file120 m
- Midland Road Nursery SchoolNursery. Outstanding (overall), December 2023150 m
- Abbey Green Nursery SchoolNursery. Outstanding (overall), December 2023510 m
- Green Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- Dixons Manningham AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Islamic Tarbiyyah Preparatory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file670 m
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).