Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
Reevy Road West, Buttershaw, Bradford, BD6 3PX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Taylor
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,610
- Pupils on roll
- 1,325
- URN
- 142825
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274676285
About this school
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is a secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,325 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 294 | 290 | 282 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.6 | 33.0 | 36.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.75 -0.91 to -0.58 | -0.83 -0.99 to -0.66 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 21.4% | 31.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 35.9% | 48.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 32% | 29.3% | 29.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
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 Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College 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 | 35.6 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.6 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,461 |
| 2023/24 | 1,454 |
| 2024/25 | 1,415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy compares
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy ranked 25th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.6 | 13.7% | 46.3% | 1,325 | — |
| Co-op Academy Grange | 29.1 | 15.5% | 54.5% | 1,379 | 0.9 miles |
| Dixons Kings Academy | 52.7 | 7.9% | 30.5% | 818 | 1.8 miles |
| Dixons City Academy | 49.5 | 9% | 30.5% | 892 | 1.8 miles |
| Dixons McMillan Academy | 47.3 | 9.2% | 37.2% | 665 | 1.9 miles |
| Dixons Trinity Academy | 51.4 | 8.9% | 34.2% | 671 | 1.9 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)
- 46.29%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 13.73%
- Persistent absence
- 38.81%
Location
Nearby schools
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Co-op Academy Grange0.9 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Dixons Kings Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Dixons City Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Dixons McMillan Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Dixons Trinity Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy ranks 20th 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
- 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 Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy teach?
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy?
- The headteacher of Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is Mr Andrew Taylor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College 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 Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy?
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy has 1,325 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy full?
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy has capacity for 1,610 pupils and 1,325 on roll (82%), 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 Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy a faith school?
- No. Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy a selective school?
- No. Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy part of an academy trust?
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College 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 Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.6 in 2022/23 and 36.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy ranked 25th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy's absence rate?
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy's overall absence rate is 13.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College 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.