Tong Leadership Academy
Westgate Hill Street, Bradford, BD4 6NR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Mr Munif Zia
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Star Academies
- Constituency
- Bradford South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,610
- Pupils on roll
- 799
- URN
- 142761
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Telephone
- 01274681455
About this school
Tong Leadership Academy is a secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 799 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Tong Leadership Academy, 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 170 | 149 | 146 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.2 | 35.8 | 26.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 -0.49 to -0.04 | -0.61 -0.85 to -0.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 36.9% | 17.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 49.7% | 37.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 89% | 70.5% | 24% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
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 Tong Leadership 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 | 38.2 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.8 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 26.4 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 853 |
| 2023/24 | 788 |
| 2024/25 | 791 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tong Leadership Academy compares
Tong Leadership Academy ranked 35th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 20% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 26.4 | 13.4% | 48.6% | 799 | — |
| BBG Academy | 46.8 | 7.3% | 18.6% | 1,049 | 1.3 miles |
| Bradford Forster Academy | 32.7 | 10.7% | 48.1% | 892 | 1.7 miles |
| Laisterdyke Leadership Academy | 36.1 | 10.9% | 50.6% | 889 | 2.4 miles |
| Crawshaw Academy | 45.2 | 9.1% | 24.8% | 1,052 | 2.5 miles |
| Bronte Girls' Academy | 48.9 | 7.9% | 38.9% | 709 | 2.6 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.55%
- English as an additional language
- 30.3%
- Overall absence
- 13.38%
- Persistent absence
- 38.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
BBG Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Birkenshaw
-
Bradford Forster Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Crawshaw Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Pudsey
-
Bronte Girls' Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Tong Leadership Academy ranks 28th 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 Tong Leadership Academy teach?
- Tong Leadership Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Tong Leadership Academy?
- The headteacher of Tong Leadership Academy is Mr Munif Zia, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Tong Leadership Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tong Leadership 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 many pupils are at Tong Leadership Academy?
- Tong Leadership Academy has 799 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Tong Leadership Academy full?
- Tong Leadership Academy has capacity for 1,610 pupils and 799 on roll (50%), 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 Tong Leadership Academy a faith school?
- No. Tong Leadership Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Tong Leadership Academy a selective school?
- No. Tong Leadership Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Tong Leadership Academy part of an academy trust?
- Tong Leadership Academy is part of STAR ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tong Leadership Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.2 in 2022/23 and 26.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tong Leadership Academy compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Tong Leadership Academy ranked 35th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 20% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tong Leadership Academy's absence rate?
- Tong Leadership Academy's overall absence rate is 13.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tong Leadership Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tong Leadership 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 2 July 2026.