Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.630 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 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 | 0.630 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.630 miles away, the 4th shortest of 12 Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2021; it has swung sharply, most of all between 2021 and 2022.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 216 first-choice applications for 112 offers; 97 went to first-choice families, and 119 first-choice families (55%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Syedna Way, Bradford, BD8 9AR
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 598 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils learn a high-quality curriculum with great academic ambition.”
- “It is inclusive to all pupils.”
- “The school emphasises a commitment to service, teamwork, ambition and respect.”
To improve
- “Some pupils require additional help to improve their reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 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) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 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: 216 first-preference applications, 112 offers in total, 97 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.
- Dixons Kings Academy 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons McMillan Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Trinity Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lister Park 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published