Hanson Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
149011
Address
Sutton Avenue, BD2 1JP
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1552 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
29.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.5%
Persistent absence
41.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.6%
Pakistani 15.8%
Bangladeshi 8.8%
Mixed 7.7%
Other White 5.2%
Unclassified 4.1%
African 3.4%
Indian 3%
Gypsy/Roma 1.9%
Other 1.9%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.98
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.2
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.65
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award1
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
DanceGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE265
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hanson Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
272
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
157
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
91
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
263
141
122
Year 8
259
152
107
Year 9
268
149
119
Year 10
266
143
123
Year 11
272
146
126
Year 12
122
51
71
Year 13
102
62
40
Year 2023-2024

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