Which school has the best GCSE results in Bradford?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Ilkley Grammar School tops the table in Bradford with 56.6, against an England average of 46.2. 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 2026 results, the 2025/26 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 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

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 2026: secondary school league table

35 state secondary schools in Bradford ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, 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 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Bradford ranked on Attainment 8

35 of 35 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Bradford ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	56.6	27%	58%	78%	–	319
2	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Academy converter	55.3	17%	53%	74%	–	118
3 , up 1 place since 2025	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	54.7	26%	64%	77%	–	168
4= , up 2 places since 2025	Dixons City Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	52.5	25%	57%	75%	–	184
4= , up 1 place since 2025	Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Free schools	52.5	22%	54%	72%	–	138
6 , up 3 places since 2025	Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Free schools	52.2	17%	53%	77%	–	130
7 , down 4 places since 2025	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	51.5	19%	58%	74%	–	262
8 , down 1 place since 2025	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · Free schools	49.8	15%	66%	78%	–	117
9 , down 1 place since 2025	Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford · Free schools	47.9	9%	44%	66%	–	148
10 , up 2 places since 2025	Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Free schools	46.8	9%	45%	65%	–	131
11	Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Voluntary aided school	45.6	11%	45%	66%	–	331
12 , up 1 place since 2025	St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College Bradford · Academy converter	45.4	11%	47%	68%	–	284
13 , up 2 places since 2025	Trinity Academy Bradford Bradford · Academy sponsor led	45.0	6%	44%	68%	–	158
14 , down 4 places since 2025	Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley · Academy sponsor led	44.5	15%	41%	60%	–	173
15 , up 1 place since 2025	Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford · Academy converter	44.4	13%	46%	63%	–	171
16 , down 2 places since 2025	Carlton Bolling Bradford · Academy converter	43.8	12%	38%	58%	–	317
17 , up 1 place since 2025	Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	41.9	12%	39%	57%	–	249
18 , down 1 place since 2025	Immanuel College Bradford · Academy converter	41.8	7%	40%	60%	–	289
19 , up 2 places since 2025	Valley Academy Bradford · Free schools	41.1	16%	43%	60%	–	75
20 , down 1 place since 2025	Titus Salt School Bradford · Community school	40.8	10%	35%	56%	–	242
21 , up 1 place since 2025	Carlton Keighley Keighley · Academy sponsor led	40.4	9%	43%	63%	–	145
22 , up 4 places since 2025	Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	38.1	9%	37%	51%	–	175
23= , up 4 places since 2025	Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley · Academy sponsor led	37.7	5%	29%	49%	–	268
23= , up 8 places since 2025	Bradford Forster Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	37.7	7%	33%	50%	–	193
25= , down 2 places since 2025	Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.4	8%	33%	50%	–	133
25= , down 1 place since 2025	Parkside School Bradford · Academy converter	36.4	2%	22%	48%	–	214
27 , up 1 place since 2025	Hanson Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.3	7%	45%	57%	–	263
28	Appleton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.0	3%	24%	47%	–	168
29 , up 3 places since 2025	Oasis Academy Lister Park Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.7	6%	29%	44%	–	161
30 , down 5 places since 2025	Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.3	5%	24%	41%	–	271
31 , down 1 place since 2025	Bradford Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.2	5%	28%	47%	–	226
32 , up 3 places since 2025	Tong Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	34.7	7%	37%	55%	–	163
33 , down 13 places since 2025	Beckfoot Thornton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	34.0	5%	24%	46%	–	242
34	The Holy Family Catholic School Keighley · Academy sponsor led	31.7	3%	21%	41%	–	146
35 , down 2 places since 2025	Co-op Academy Grange Bradford · Academy sponsor led	30.1	3%	18%	34%	–	292

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

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	40.6	18%	17
Bradford Christian School Bradford · Other independent school	62.8	85%	13
Bradford Grammar School Other independent school	22.1	0%	156
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	61.0	81%	16
Eden Springs Girls Secondary Other independent school	48.3	35%	26
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	31.2	32%	28
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	50.1	75%	51
The Fountain School Bradford · Other independent school	65.6	86%	7

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 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. 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 2026: 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