The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary 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
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
149299
Address
Spring Gardens Lane, BD20 6LH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
773 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
45.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
33%
Persistent absence
29.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.4%
Pakistani 35.8%
Other White 11.1%
Bangladeshi 3.5%
Indian 3%
Mixed 2.9%
Gypsy/Roma 2.6%
African 1.4%
Irish 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.82
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
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 2.63
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award46
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE137
English LiteratureGCSE136
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE25
GermanGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
138
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
91
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
91
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
3
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 classes18.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
103
41
62
Year 8
138
73
65
Year 9
161
81
80
Year 10
147
74
73
Year 11
154
87
67
Year 12
32
16
16
Year 13
38
14
24
Year 2023-2024

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