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Ilkley Grammar School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Cowpasture Road, Ilkley LS29 8TR · ilkleygrammarschool.com · 01943 608424

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
56.5
average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
Last distance offered
3.55 mi
5.71 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · non-sibling allocations in priority area 2 · Bradford Council
Demand for places
1.2
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,219
247 over 1,972 places · 113%
Local authority
Bradford
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
7.6%
First language not English
5.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Moorlands Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “non-sibling allocations in priority area 2” went to a home 3.55 mi (5.71 km) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 343 families put the school first and 290 places were offered; 80% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 335 (Places 311)335September 2023: 343 (Places 307)343September 2024: 333 (Places 311)333September 2025: 354 (Places 305)354September 2026: 343 (Places 290)343Places 290
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262903431.2▲80%
September 2025Sept 20253053541.2▲84%
September 2024Sept 20243113331.1▲92%
September 2023Sept 20233073431.1▲89%
September 2022Sept 20223113351.1▲91%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – non-sibling allocations in priority area 2Distance
September 20263.55 mi5.71 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 56.5, and 66.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (37.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 56.8 (England 46.3)56.82017/18: 56.7 (England 46.5)56.72018/19: 59.8 (England 46.7)59.82021/22: 62.7 (England 48.8)62.72022/23: 53.3 (England 46.3)53.32023/24: 56.5 (England 45.9)56.52024/25: 56.5 (England 46.0)56.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲56.546.0
▲66.9%45.4%
▲85.2%64.8%
▲44.4%40.5%
▲5.034.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form67.9−8.2
Sixth form college0.3−1.5
Further education22.1+5.6
Other education0.6+0.2
Apprenticeship4.4+2.6
Employment1.6+0.5
Not in a lasting destination1.2+0.1
Activity not captured1.9+0.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.8 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 37.9 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 34.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 35.9 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 43.5 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 38.4 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 38.7 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 37.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
254 studentsB- (37.7)Above average +0.19
255 studentsB- (37.8)Above average +0.21
89 studentsDist- (30.4)Average +0.01
24%AAB or better
97.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24252B (38.7)+0.21
2022/23219B (38.4)—
2021/22202B+ (43.5)—
2018/19196B- (35.9)+0.15
2017/18189C+ (34.3)-0.04
2016/17161B- (37.9)+0.20
2015/16155C+ (34.8)+0.21

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University54.5−0.2
Further and other education2.6−0.6
Further education2.2+0.8
Other education0.4−1.5
Apprenticeship5.6+2.8
Employment25.4−4.5
Not in a lasting destination7.50
Activity not captured4.5+2.6

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Ilkley Grammar School on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
10 Dec 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (367 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
92%
Replies
367
17% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲94% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲89% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲89% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲81% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 62% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 26% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●68% agreeEngland 67%

based on 81 parents (22%) with SEND

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