Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College 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 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 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
- 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Not judged (29 April 2025); its previous graded outcome was Inadequate (7 February 2023).
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out in 5 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 173 first-choice applications for 243 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 70 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
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
- Reevy Road West, Buttershaw, Bradford, BD6 3PX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,325 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school has made some changes to improve the learning and behaviour that pupils experience at the school.”
- “Pupils recognise that the climate for learning has improved in lessons.”
- “There is less disruption to their learning.”
To improve
- “Over time, pupils have not achieved as well as they should.”
- “However, there is still further work to do to improve behaviour.”
- “This is particularly the case during social times.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 2025 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.6 | 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: 173 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 173 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.
- Co-op Academy Grange 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Kings Academy 1.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Dixons City Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dixons McMillan Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Dixons Trinity Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beckfoot Thornton 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Bradford 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published