Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.101 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Laisterdyke Leadership 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 | 0.101 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Year 7 place went to a child living 0.101 miles away, the shortest of the 12 Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 151 first-choice applications for 176 offers; 146 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 23.7, against a middle figure of 16.5 across 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
- Thornbury Road, Bradford, BD3 8HE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 889 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a school that is improving swiftly.”
- “The quality of education experienced by pupils has improved substantially.”
- “The headteacher, supported by trust leaders, has led the changes with passion and determination.”
To improve
- “While this work on the curriculum is highly effective, the most recent Year 11 pupils did not benefit from it fully, as evidenced in their most recent examinations.”
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, pupils’ learning is inconsistent.”
- “This is partly because teachers do not always present information or utilise effective teaching methods in a way that helps pupils know more over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.1 | 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: 151 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 146 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.
- Carlton Bolling 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Bradford Forster Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bronte Girls' Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hanson Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Trinity Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons City Academy 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published