Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6NA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Anness
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Pupils on roll
- 910
- URN
- 138087
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274492341
About this school
Belle Vue Girls' Academy is a girls' secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 910 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. 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected 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 | 187 | 190 | 181 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.3 | 43.8 | 43.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.46 +0.25 to +0.66 | +0.16 -0.05 to +0.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 42.1% | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 63.2% | 59.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 79% | 76.3% | 70.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
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 Belle Vue Girls' 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 | 45.3 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.8 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.2 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,075 |
| 2023/24 | 1,033 |
| 2024/25 | 956 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Belle Vue Girls' Academy compares
Belle Vue Girls' Academy ranked 16th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.2 | 8.6% | 38.4% | 910 | — |
| Beckfoot Upper Heaton | 37.3 | 13.7% | 45.2% | 679 | 0.1 miles |
| Dixons Cottingley Academy | 46.7 | 11.8% | 36% | 861 | 0.7 miles |
| St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 44.5 | 9% | 27.3% | 1,800 | 1.1 miles |
| Bradford Girls' Grammar School | 44.8 | 10.3% | 46% | 667 | 1.3 miles |
| Beckfoot School | 53 | 7.7% | 16.6% | 1,592 | 1.6 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.41%
- English as an additional language
- 48.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.62%
- Persistent absence
- 24.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beckfoot Upper Heaton0.1 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Dixons Cottingley Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Bingley
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St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Bradford Girls' Grammar School1.3 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Beckfoot School1.6 miles
Secondary · Bingley
Other schools in Bradford
Belle Vue Girls' Academy ranks 12th of the 28 ranked secondary schools in Bradford.
- Beckfoot Thornton Secondary
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 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
- Dixons Trinity Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Belle Vue Girls' Academy teach?
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Belle Vue Girls' Academy?
- The headteacher of Belle Vue Girls' Academy is Mrs Deborah Anness, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Belle Vue Girls' Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Belle Vue Girls' 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 Belle Vue Girls' Academy?
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy has 910 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Belle Vue Girls' Academy full?
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy has capacity for 1,150 pupils and 910 on roll (79%), so it has space against 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 Belle Vue Girls' Academy a faith school?
- No. Belle Vue Girls' Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Belle Vue Girls' Academy a selective school?
- No. Belle Vue Girls' Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Belle Vue Girls' Academy?
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy is part of BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Belle Vue Girls' Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.3 in 2022/23 and 43.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Belle Vue Girls' Academy rank locally?
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy ranked 16th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Belle Vue Girls' Academy's absence rate?
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Belle Vue Girls' Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Belle Vue Girls' 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 1 July 2026.