Titus Salt School
Higher Coach Road, Baildon, Bradford, BD17 5RH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Temple
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Shipley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,520
- Pupils on roll
- 1,462
- URN
- 107395
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274258969
About this school
Titus Salt School is a community secondary school in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,462 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Titus Salt School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 252 | 254 | 249 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.8 | 39.1 | 40.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.32 -0.50 to -0.15 | -0.58 -0.75 to -0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 31.5% | 34.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 49.6% | 54.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 27% | 19.3% | 14.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Titus Salt School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bradford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.1 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.9 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,467 |
| 2023/24 | 1,451 |
| 2024/25 | 1,430 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Titus Salt School compares
Titus Salt School ranked 19th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.9 | 11.1% | 29.3% | 1,462 | — |
| Dixons Cottingley Academy | 46.7 | 11.8% | 36% | 861 | 1.3 miles |
| Beckfoot School | 53 | 7.7% | 16.6% | 1,592 | 1.5 miles |
| Belle Vue Girls' Academy | 43.2 | 8.6% | 38.4% | 910 | 1.8 miles |
| Beckfoot Upper Heaton | 37.3 | 13.7% | 45.2% | 679 | 1.8 miles |
| St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 44.5 | 9% | 27.3% | 1,800 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 16 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.26%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.08%
- Persistent absence
- 27.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dixons Cottingley Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
Beckfoot School1.5 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
Belle Vue Girls' Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Beckfoot Upper Heaton1.8 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Titus Salt School ranks 15th of the 28 ranked secondary schools in Bradford.
- Beckfoot Thornton Secondary
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton Secondary
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy Secondary
- Bradford Forster Academy Secondary
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School Secondary
- Bronte Girls' Academy Secondary
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Secondary
- Carlton Bolling Secondary
- Co-op Academy Grange Secondary
- Dixons City Academy Secondary
- Dixons Kings Academy Secondary
- Dixons McMillan Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Titus Salt School teach?
- Titus Salt School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Titus Salt School?
- The headteacher of Titus Salt School is Mr Philip Temple, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Titus Salt School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Titus Salt School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Titus Salt School?
- Titus Salt School has 1,462 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Titus Salt School full?
- Titus Salt School has capacity for 1,520 pupils and 1,462 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Titus Salt School a faith school?
- No. Titus Salt School has no designated religious character.
- Is Titus Salt School a selective school?
- No. Titus Salt School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Titus Salt School have?
- The schools register lists Titus Salt School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Titus Salt School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.8 in 2022/23 and 40.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Titus Salt School compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Titus Salt School ranked 19th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Titus Salt School's absence rate?
- Titus Salt School's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Titus Salt School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Titus Salt School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.