Lightcliffe Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Halifax, HX3 8TL
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Appleton Academy
Woodside Road, Bradford, BD12 8AL
Local ranking27th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1378
Capacity
3-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 16 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 23.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 168
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1254
- Boys
- 610 (51%)
- Girls
- 597 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1378 (88% full)
- SEND
- 25.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.2%
- EAL
- 10.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.1%
- SEN Support
- 19.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,777/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.5%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
77.5%
White British
4.9%
White Other
4.2%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Woodside Road
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145173
- UKPRN
- 10065408
- Establishment No.
- 4061
- Trust
- EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST
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