Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Bradford · BD5 7RR · Bradford
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 147067
Bronte Girls' Academy
Free schools · Bradford · BD4 7EB
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
709
Local authority
Bradford
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Girls free schools (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Bradford, Bradford, 709 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 37.9%.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 147067
Location
- Address
- Bolling Road, East Bowling
- Postcode
- BD4 7EB
- Town
- Bradford
- Local authority
- Bradford
- District
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 709
- Boys / girls
- 0 / 709
- School capacity
- 720
- Capacity fill
- 709 / 720 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 37.9%
- FSM pupils
- 269
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Girls
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: IEXEL EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- IEXEL EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- iExel Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rehana Shafquat
- Telephone
- 01274044055
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-01-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 51.2
- Progress 8
- 0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 58%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 76%
- EBacc entry
- 86%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7