Bingley Grammar School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Bingley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.901 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bingley Grammar School is a secondary school in Bingley, Bradford for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Bingley Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.901 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.901 miles away, the 2nd longest of 12 Bradford secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 10 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 266 first-choice applications for 282 offers; 212 offers went to first-choice families, and 54 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bradford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Keighley Road, Bingley, BD16 2RS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,985 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive and friendly school.”
- “They know that they get a good standard of education and are supported by kind staff to ‘belong, grow and succeed’.”
- “Many go on to ambitious next steps.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, important knowledge is not as carefully considered.”
- “Pupils do not always have the opportunity to revisit what they have been taught before.”
- “They struggle to remember important knowledge and teachers have to reteach previous content before they can move on to new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 266 first-preference applications, 282 offers in total, 212 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Beckfoot School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Cottingley Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Titus Salt School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkside School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beckfoot Oakbank 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published