BBG Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birkenshaw, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.33 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
BBG Academy is a secondary school in Birkenshaw, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 November 2021. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
BBG 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 | 1.33 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 1.33 miles, the 6th shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance has stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance, and in 2026 it was about the same as in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 drew 264 first-choice applications for 204 offers; 198 offers went to first-choice families, and 66 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, BD19 4BE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,049 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 November 2021
Strengths
- “Leaders have created a strong sense of community in this school.”
- “Staff and pupils are proud to be part of the school.”
- “One pupil described the school as ‘a big family’.”
To improve
- “In languages, the curriculum is not yet fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2022 (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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 46 |
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: 264 first-preference applications, 204 offers in total, 198 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 Kirklees.
- Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Batley Girls' High School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westborough High School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 4.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published