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BBG Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bradford Road, Birkenshaw BD19 4BE · bbgacademy.com · 01274 871225
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2021
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.33 mi
- 2.13 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,049
- 49 over 1,000 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.33 mi (2.13 km) from the school. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 264 families put the school first and 204 places were offered; 75% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 204 | 264 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 208 | 266 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 207 | 248 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 202 | 272 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 204 | 269 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.33 mi2.13 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.8, and 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kirklees it was 46.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲54.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲72.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲68.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.27 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 30.2 | +3.9 |
| Sixth form college | 14.1 | −1.6 |
| Further education | 44.2 | +4.8 |
| Other education | 1 | +0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5 | −2.1 |
| Employment | 1.5 | −3.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 1.5 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 November 2021, Ofsted’s outcome for BBG Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Nov 2021
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (207 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 207
- 20% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 39 parents (19%) with SEND