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Schools in the Bradford local authority

Bradford has 231 schools listed on OfferDay across 7 towns.

7 nursery schools · 157 primary schools · 32 secondary schools · 3 all-through schools · 4 sixth forms and colleges · 13 special and alternative provision schools · 13 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Bradford

Most of the 231 schools listed in Bradford are primary schools. Its 32 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has three all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
60%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 162 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
41.3
average Attainment 8 score, across the 37 schools with published results

Top schools in Bradford

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy 92%
  2. 2 Baildon Church of England Primary School 90%
  3. 3 Lift Feversham 90%
  4. 4 Harden Primary School 89%
  5. 5 St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 88%
  6. 6 East Morton CofE Primary School 83%
  7. 7 Bankfoot Primary School 83%
  8. 8 All Saints' CofE Primary School 82%

Secondary

  1. 1 Ilkley Grammar School 56.5
  2. 2 Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy 54.8
  3. 3 Beckfoot School 53.0
  4. 4 Dixons Kings Academy 52.7
  5. 5 Dixons Trinity Academy 51.4
  6. 6 Dixons City Academy 49.5
  7. 7 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 49.1
  8. 8 Bronte Girls' Academy 48.9

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Bradford.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Bradford

How many schools are in Bradford?
OfferDay lists 231 schools in Bradford, including 157 primary schools and 32 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Bradford?
Every school in Bradford is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Bradford?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Bradford does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Bradford local authority?
OfferDay groups the Bradford schools across seven towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.