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Best secondary schools in Bradford

32 of 36 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Bradford schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford 0.72 Not judged oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford 0.68 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley hidden gem 0.65 Good undersubscribed 0.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Dixons Kings Academy Bradford 0.54 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 2.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley 0.54 Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Beckfoot School Bingley 0.42 Not judged oversubscribed 1.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Dixons City Academy Bradford 0.33 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Carlton Bolling Bradford 0.27 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford hidden gem 0.21 Good undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford hidden gem 0.16 Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford 0.15 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford 0.11 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Trinity Academy Bradford Bradford -0.02 Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Bingley Grammar School Bingley -0.03 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Bradford -0.15 Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford -0.16 Good declining oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Carlton Keighley Keighley -0.29 Good improving oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Bradford hidden gem -0.43 Good improving about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Beckfoot Thornton Bradford hidden gem -0.49 Good improving undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Bradford Forster Academy Bradford -0.54 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Immanuel College Bradford hidden gem -0.56 Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Oasis Academy Lister Park Bradford hidden gem -0.58 Good improving undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Titus Salt School Bradford hidden gem -0.58 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Keighley -0.59 Not judged undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Tong Leadership Academy Bradford hidden gem -0.61 Good improving undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley -0.62 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Hanson Academy Bradford -0.69 Not judged about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford hidden gem -0.71 Good undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Bradford -0.83 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Parkside School Bradford -0.86 Inadequate undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Valley Academy Bradford -1.01 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Co-op Academy Grange Bradford -1.2 Not judged undersubscribed 0.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Bradford

4 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Bradford, not a fairer one.

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