Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy
158 Cliffe Road, Undercliffe, Bradford, BD3 0LT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Trust
- IEXEL EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Sajida Muneer
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- iExel Education Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 720
- Pupils on roll
- 796
- URN
- 136962
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274559500
About this school
Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy is a Muslim girls' secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 796 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 129 | 120 | 124 |
| Attainment 8 score | 52.8 | 52.4 | 54.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.59 +0.34 to +0.85 | +0.68 +0.42 to +0.94 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 48.3% | 45.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 68.3% | 74.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 94% | 94.2% | 75.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
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 Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy 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 | 52.8 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.4 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 54.8 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 796 |
| 2023/24 | 801 |
| 2024/25 | 811 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy compares
Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy ranked 2nd of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54.8 | 6% | 32.5% | 796 | — |
| Carlton Bolling | 44.4 | 8.9% | 43.7% | 1,633 | 0.4 miles |
| Valley Academy | 38.7 | 14% | 53.6% | 356 | 0.6 miles |
| Hanson Academy | 35.1 | 14.9% | 47.5% | 1,503 | 0.9 miles |
| Oasis Academy Lister Park | 31.6 | 13.5% | 57% | 732 | 1.0 miles |
| Bronte Girls' Academy | 48.9 | 7.9% | 38.9% | 709 | 1.4 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
- 9 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.45%
- English as an additional language
- 66.1%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 17.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carlton Bolling0.4 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Valley Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Hanson Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Oasis Academy Lister Park1.0 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Bronte Girls' Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy ranks 1st 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 year groups does Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy teach?
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy?
- The headteacher of Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy is Ms Sajida Muneer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy?
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy has 796 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy full?
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy has capacity for 720 pupils and 796 on roll (111%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy a faith school?
- Yes. Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy is designated Muslim.
- Is Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy a selective school?
- No. Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy?
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy is part of IEXEL EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 52.8 in 2022/23 and 54.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy rank locally?
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy ranked 2nd of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy's absence rate?
- Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy'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.