Bronte Girls' Academy
Bolling Road, East Bowling, Bradford, BD4 7EB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- IEXEL EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rehana Shafquat
- 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
- 709
- URN
- 147067
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274044055
About this school
Bronte Girls' Academy is a girls' secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 709 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bronte Girls' 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
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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 127 | 148 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.2 | 48.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.21 -0.04 to +0.46 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57.5% | 45.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76.4% | 66.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.4 |
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 Bronte 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 | — | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.2 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.9 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 583 |
| 2023/24 | 694 |
| 2024/25 | 714 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bronte Girls' Academy compares
Bronte Girls' Academy ranked 8th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 72% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.9 | 7.9% | 38.9% | 709 | — |
| Dixons City Academy | 49.5 | 9% | 30.5% | 892 | 0.6 miles |
| Dixons Trinity Academy | 51.4 | 8.9% | 34.2% | 671 | 0.6 miles |
| Dixons McMillan Academy | 47.3 | 9.2% | 37.2% | 665 | 0.8 miles |
| Bradford Forster Academy | 32.7 | 10.7% | 48.1% | 892 | 1.0 miles |
| Carlton Bolling | 44.4 | 8.9% | 43.7% | 1,633 | 1.2 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)
- 38.94%
- English as an additional language
- 59.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.93%
- Persistent absence
- 24.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dixons City Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Dixons Trinity Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Dixons McMillan Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Bradford
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Bradford Forster Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Carlton Bolling1.2 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Bronte Girls' Academy ranks 6th 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
- 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 Bronte Girls' Academy teach?
- Bronte Girls' Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Bronte Girls' Academy?
- The headteacher of Bronte Girls' Academy is Mrs Rehana Shafquat, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bronte Girls' Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bronte 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 many pupils are at Bronte Girls' Academy?
- Bronte Girls' Academy has 709 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bronte Girls' Academy full?
- Bronte Girls' Academy has capacity for 720 pupils and 709 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bronte Girls' Academy a faith school?
- No. Bronte Girls' Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bronte Girls' Academy a selective school?
- No. Bronte Girls' Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Bronte Girls' Academy part of an academy trust?
- Bronte Girls' 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 Bronte Girls' Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.2 in 2023/24 and 48.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bronte Girls' Academy compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Bronte Girls' Academy ranked 8th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 72% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bronte Girls' Academy's absence rate?
- Bronte Girls' Academy's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bronte Girls' Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bronte 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 10 July 2026.