Parkside School
Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford, BD13 5AD
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Parkside School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katharine Needham
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Shipley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 1,113
- Pupils on roll
- 1,167
- URN
- 132217
- Local authority
- Bradford
About this school
Parkside School was a foundation secondary school in Bradford. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,167 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Parkside School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2000, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 207 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.64 -0.83 to -0.44 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 54% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 |
How Parkside School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.4% | 23% | 1,167 | — |
| Parkside School | 36.7 | 12.3% | 24.6% | 1,061 | 0.0 miles |
| Beckfoot Oakbank | 35.3 | 14.5% | 38.1% | 1,394 | 2.3 miles |
| Bingley Grammar School | 46.5 | 9.6% | 25.6% | 1,985 | 2.7 miles |
| Beckfoot School | 53 | 7.7% | 16.6% | 1,592 | 2.8 miles |
| Dixons Cottingley Academy | 46.7 | 11.8% | 36% | 861 | 3.1 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 30.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Parkside School0.0 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Beckfoot Oakbank2.3 miles
Secondary · Keighley
-
Bingley Grammar School2.7 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
Beckfoot School2.8 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
Dixons Cottingley Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Bingley
Other 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 Parkside School teach?
- Parkside School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Bradford.
- Has Parkside School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parkside School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Parkside School?
- Parkside School had 1,167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are Parkside School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkside 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 12 September 2023.