Tong Leadership Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tong Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Tong 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 | 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as was the case at 19 of the 31 other Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 125 first-choice applications for 156 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 31 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 18% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
- Its Attainment 8 score in 2024/25 was 26.4 (England 46).
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
- Westgate Hill Street, Bradford, BD4 6NR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 799 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Tong Leadership Academy.”
- “Pupils’ aspirations are raised through a well-developed extra-curricular programme, including the school cadet programme.”
- “Educational visits to the theatre and local literary festivals link closely with the academic curriculum that pupils study.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils miss vital learning because they do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
- “In a small number of subject areas, further work is required to ensure that leaders’ well-developed plans and classroom routines are implemented consistently.”
- “In earlier year groups, the careers offer is not strategically developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 18% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 26.4 | 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: 125 first-preference applications, 156 offers in total, 125 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.
- Bradford Forster Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Laisterdyke Leadership Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bronte Girls' Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dixons City Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dixons Trinity Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Bolling 3.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Dixons McMillan Academy 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grange 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published