Oastlers School
Flockton Road, Bradford, BD4 7RH
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lyndsey Brown
- Sponsor
- Exceed Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 144
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 149519
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274307456
About this school
Oastlers School is a special academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 179 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Oastlers School, 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 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
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
- Post-16 provision
- Exceptional
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 28 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | 14.4 | 14.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.00 -1.57 to -0.43 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 14.3% | 14.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.8 | 1.0 |
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 Oastlers 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 | — | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 14.4 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 14.5 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 21.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 133 |
| 2024/25 | 164 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 70.63%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 21.38%
- Persistent absence
- 51.97%
Location
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Common questions
- What ages does Oastlers School teach?
- Oastlers School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Oastlers School?
- The headteacher of Oastlers School is Mrs Lyndsey Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Oastlers School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oastlers 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 Oastlers School?
- Oastlers School has 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Oastlers School full?
- Oastlers School has capacity for 144 pupils and 179 on roll (124%), so it is at or above 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 Oastlers School a faith school?
- No. Oastlers School has no designated religious character.
- Is Oastlers School part of an academy trust?
- Oastlers School is part of EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Oastlers School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 14.4 in 2023/24 and 14.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Oastlers School's absence rate?
- Oastlers School's overall absence rate is 21.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oastlers School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oastlers 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 10 July 2026.