Bradford Girls' Grammar School
Squire Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Caroline Foster
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- Christian
- Sponsor
- Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 725
- Pupils on roll
- 667
- URN
- 140204
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274545395
About this school
Bradford Girls' Grammar School is a girls' secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 667 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bradford Girls' Grammar School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -7.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 113 | 114 | 143 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.7 | 46.9 | 44.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.27 0.00 to +0.54 | +0.11 -0.15 to +0.38 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 43.9% | 37.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 64% | 60.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 43% | 66.7% | 39.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.4 | 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 Bradford Girls' Grammar 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 | 35% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Bradford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.7 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.9 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.8 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,031 |
| 2023/24 | 1,041 |
| 2024/25 | 672 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bradford Girls' Grammar School compares
Bradford Girls' Grammar School ranked 12th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 56% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.8 | 10.3% | 46% | 667 | — |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford | 49.1 | 6.5% | 30.3% | 598 | 0.7 miles |
| St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 44.5 | 9% | 27.3% | 1,800 | 0.9 miles |
| Dixons Kings Academy | 52.7 | 7.9% | 30.5% | 818 | 1.0 miles |
| Beckfoot Upper Heaton | 37.3 | 13.7% | 45.2% | 679 | 1.2 miles |
| Belle Vue Girls' Academy | 43.2 | 8.6% | 38.4% | 910 | 1.3 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.98%
- English as an additional language
- 49.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.33%
- Persistent absence
- 30.18%
Location
Nearby schools
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Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford0.7 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Dixons Kings Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Beckfoot Upper Heaton1.2 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Belle Vue Girls' Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Bradford Girls' Grammar School ranks 8th of the 28 ranked secondary schools in Bradford.
- Beckfoot Thornton Secondary
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton Secondary
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy Secondary
- Bradford Forster Academy 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 ages does Bradford Girls' Grammar School teach?
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the principal of Bradford Girls' Grammar School?
- The principal of Bradford Girls' Grammar School is Mrs Caroline Foster, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bradford Girls' Grammar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bradford Girls' Grammar 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 Bradford Girls' Grammar School?
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School has 667 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bradford Girls' Grammar School full?
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School has capacity for 725 pupils and 667 on roll (92%), 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 Bradford Girls' Grammar School a faith school?
- No. Bradford Girls' Grammar School has no designated religious character.
- Is Bradford Girls' Grammar School a selective school?
- No. Bradford Girls' Grammar School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Bradford Girls' Grammar School part of an academy trust?
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School 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 Bradford Girls' Grammar School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bradford Girls' Grammar School compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School ranked 12th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 56% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bradford Girls' Grammar School's absence rate?
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bradford Girls' Grammar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bradford Girls' Grammar 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 1 July 2026.