Bronte Girls' Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
147067
Address
Bolling Road, East Bowling, BD4 7EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
714 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
59.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.4%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 77%
Mixed 5.1%
Other 4.6%
African 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.5%
Other White 2.2%
Indian 2.1%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
White British 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 40.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.39
Local authority average 3.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE147
FrenchGCSE125
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bronte Girls' Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
118
2nd preference
141
3rd preference
90
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
14
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 classes25.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
148
0
148
Year 8
118
0
118
Year 9
149
0
149
Year 10
149
0
149
Year 11
150
0
150
Year 2024-2025

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