Which school has the best GCSE results in Bradford?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Ilkley Grammar School tops the table in Bradford with 56.5, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Bradford schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Bradford show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Bradford GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

35 state secondary schools in Bradford ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 8 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 35 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Bradford ranked on Attainment 8

35 of 35 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Bradford ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	56.5	67%	85%	5.03	311
2	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Academy converter	54.8	45%	74%	5.00	124
3	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	53.0	58%	78%	4.91	272
4	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	52.7	55%	72%	4.84	167
5	Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Free schools	51.4	50%	69%	4.48	135
6	Dixons City Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	49.5	50%	67%	4.52	179
7	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · Free schools	49.1	57%	73%	4.48	124
8	Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford · Free schools	48.8	46%	67%	4.41	148
9	Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Free schools	47.3	51%	70%	4.46	139
10	Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley · Academy sponsor led	46.7	47%	62%	4.21	171
11	Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Voluntary aided school	46.4	45%	66%	3.84	308
12	Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Free schools	44.8	37%	60%	4.02	143
13	St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College Bradford · Academy converter	44.5	45%	68%	3.51	289
14	Carlton Bolling Bradford · Academy converter	44.4	45%	64%	3.71	338
15	Trinity Academy Bradford Bradford · Academy sponsor led	43.9	42%	65%	3.84	167
16	Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford · Academy converter	43.2	32%	60%	3.98	181
17	Immanuel College Bradford · Academy converter	41.9	42%	57%	3.36	286
18	Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	41.7	38%	60%	3.72	240
19	Titus Salt School Bradford · Community school	40.9	35%	54%	3.31	249
20	Beckfoot Thornton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	40.2	35%	54%	3.76	258
21	Valley Academy Bradford · Free schools	38.7	46%	62%	3.11	77
22	Carlton Keighley Keighley · Academy sponsor led	38.6	36%	57%	3.08	144
23	Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	37.3	31%	53%	3.26	141
24	Parkside School Bradford · Academy converter	36.7	23%	43%	3.18	202
25	Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.6	31%	49%	3.21	282
26	Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.1	33%	53%	3.41	163
27	Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley · Academy sponsor led	35.3	26%	51%	3.02	270
28=	Appleton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.1	27%	42%	2.84	163
28=	Hanson Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.1	36%	51%	2.98	269
30	Bradford Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	33.1	23%	46%	2.94	221
31	Bradford Forster Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	32.7	24%	42%	2.93	198
32	Oasis Academy Lister Park Bradford · Academy sponsor led	31.6	26%	46%	2.88	158
33	Co-op Academy Grange Bradford · Academy sponsor led	29.1	17%	33%	2.37	275
34	The Holy Family Catholic School Keighley · Academy sponsor led	28.8	11%	32%	2.30	141
35	Tong Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	26.4	18%	38%	2.26	146

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Bradford with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School Bradford · Other independent school	43.7	17%	6
Bradford Christian School Bradford · Other independent school	42.3	22%	18
Bradford Grammar School Other independent school	22.3	1%	154
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	43.2	53%	17
Eden Springs Girls Secondary Other independent school	53.5	46%	22
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	44.3	74%	35
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	42.2	0%	46
The Fountain School Bradford · Other independent school · 2024 results	59.4	63%	8

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Bradford on our composite score

Bradford GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Bradford ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Bradford with published GCSE results

More about schools in Bradford

Bradford GCSE results: common questions