Carlton Keighley

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 25 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
136198
Address
Green Head Road, Utley, BD20 6EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
790 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
44.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.7%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 70%
White British 12%
Bangladeshi 4.4%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 2.2%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Asian 1.5%
African 1.3%
Other 1.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.5
Local authority average 40.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.07
Local authority average 3.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award62
Health StudiesTechnical Award53
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
ChemistryGCSE34
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Carlton Keighley

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
205
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
81
97
Year 8
170
86
84
Year 9
147
74
73
Year 10
151
86
65
Year 11
144
70
74
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.0%
85.5%
Further education
57.0%
39.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
23.0%
33.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
10.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
5.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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