Bradford Girls' Grammar School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · 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 🔒
Bradford Girls' Grammar School is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Bradford Girls' 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 | 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 Year 7 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 19 of the 31 other Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 91 first-choice applications for 139 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 48 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th 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
- Squire Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RB
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 667 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are ambitious for their future at this improving school.”
- “Pupils are respectful to each other and to the adults in the building.”
- “Most pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “Pupils can recall recent learning but some struggle to recall learning from some time ago.”
- “The reason for these gaps in knowledge is that there are still some inconsistencies in the delivery of the curriculum between the key stages.”
- “Work is ongoing to ensure that staff apply these consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 December 2024 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.8 | 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: 91 first-preference applications, 139 offers in total, 91 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.
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Kings Academy 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot Thornton 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lister Park 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published