DofE releases performance data for Bradford secondary schools

The Department for Education has released its annual dataset, outlining the overall performance at the end of key stage four of secondary schools across the country in 2019.

There are 58 institutions on the list for Bradford, which includes schools maintained by the Local Authority (LA), academies, independent schools and special schools.

They are ranked primarily on their "Progress 8" score - this shows how much progress pupils at a school made between the end of key stage two and the end of key stage four, in up to eight subjects - such as maths, English, languages, geography and computer science.

This is then compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage two.

There are 25 Bradford schools that did not have a Progress 8 score, for one reason or another.

This includes, eight with no data available, 14 which were not published, and three with no entries.

Dixons Trinity Academy is the best performing secondary school in Bradford, with a Progress 8 score of 1.21, which is deemed to be "well above average".

In second, is Feversham Academy (1.12) in Cliffe Street, with Dixons Kings Academy (1.07) in Lidget Green rounding out the top three.

The next two schools are much lower scores than the first three, but are still performing "well above average".

Bradford Girls' Grammar School, near Girlington, sits in fourth (0.74) despite being rated Inadequate by Ofsted back in March 2019.

A recent monitoring visit though did show the school was improving.

The fifth-best high school in Bradford is Dixons McMillan Academy (0.68), which is just down the road from Dixons Trinity Academy.

It has been a good performance all round for schools under the Dixons banner, with the academy trust repeating last year's efforts by coming second again in the multi-academy trusts (MATs) tables.

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Queensbury Academy came out as the worst mainstream school in the secondary school tables for its Progress 8 score.

The school was "well below average" in 2019 with a score of -0.83.

A special school, Oastlers, had a rating of -1.35, but at the end of last month the East Bowling-based institution received a national award and was told by Ofsted it could be an Outstanding school in its next inspection.

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A further six secondary schools were "well below average" for Progress 8.

Third-bottom was One In A Million Free School (-0.83), next-door to Valley Parade, with Hanson School just above (-0.63).

Appleton Academy was next in the table (-0.57), with Bradford Academy (-0.55) and Laisterdyke Leadership Academy (-0.53).

The schools that are "well below average" is rounded off by The Holy Family Catholic School (-0.52), in Keighley.

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