Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B72
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bradford, BD3 0LT
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Valley Academy
Cliffe Terrace, Bradford, BD8 7DX
Local ranking26th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
375
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 March 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 75
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 364
- Boys
- 208 (58%)
- Girls
- 148 (42%)
- Capacity
- 375 (95% full)
- SEND
- 20.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.6%
- EAL
- 65.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,684/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 43.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 18.8%
- Black African: 7.5%
- White Other: 6.6%
- White British: 5.8%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- Other: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
43.6%
Asian Pakistani
18.8%
Asian Bangladeshi
7.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cliffe Terrace
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139474
- UKPRN
- 10041652
- Establishment No.
- 4013
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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