Bradford Girls' Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bradford, BD9 6RB
- Distance
- 1.4km away
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College
Officially St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Highgate, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 4BQ
Local ranking16th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1950
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 May 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College (URN 140569) since 1 September 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
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
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 284
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
104
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 338
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1794
- Boys
- 882 (49%)
- Girls
- 918 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1950 (92% full)
- SEND
- 20.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.3%
- EAL
- 27.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,826/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
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 13.6%
- White Other: 13.0%
- Black African: 12.7%
- Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
37.0%
White British
13.6%
Asian Pakistani
13.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Highgate
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 148520
- UKPRN
- 10088075
- Establishment No.
- 4023
- Trust
- BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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