Bradford Academy
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–19 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 1.043 mi
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Bradford Academy is an all-through school in Bradford for ages 2–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Bradford Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2026 | 1.043 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 15 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 4 of the 8 earlier years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.043 miles from the school.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 38 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Lister Avenue, Bradford, BD4 7QS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 2–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,549 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued and happy in this inclusive school.”
- “It welcomes pupils with a wide range of backgrounds and beliefs.”
- “Staff and pupils are rightly proud of the improvements since the last inspection.”
To improve
- “However, in 2024, Year 11 exams results were below national expectations because these pupils did not benefit fully from the curriculum changes.”
- “However, at times, teachers’ approaches differ from what leaders expect.”
- “This creates uneven opportunities for pupils to learn the knowledge in the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 48% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 34 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 161 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 156 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Oastlers School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bradford Beacon School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Fountain School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Crystal Gardens Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Eden Springs Girls Secondary 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Co-op Academy Delius 1.5 mi School remains Good