Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Belle Vue Girls' Academy is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Belle Vue Girls' 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, every applicant was offered a place, as at 19 of the 31 other Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 89 first-choice applications for 126 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, 37 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with Attainment 8 score 43.2 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25, the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
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
- Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6NA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 910 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 11 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils value the learning and support they receive at Belle Vue Girls’ Academy.”
- “They benefit from a well-considered curriculum that helps them to build important knowledge and skills over time.”
- “Effective teaching and support help many pupils to overcome these barriers.”
To improve
- “On occasions, aspects of their academic progression are not as consistently high as they could be.”
- “Leaders are aware that more needs to be done to improve the attendance of some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
- “However, there is some inconsistency in how well checks on pupils’ understanding are used to address gaps in knowledge.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 January 2026 (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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.2 | 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: 89 first-preference applications, 126 offers in total, 89 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 Upper Heaton 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dixons Cottingley Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beckfoot School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Titus Salt School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beckfoot Thornton 2.0 mi Good Last distance published