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Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Thornbury Road, Bradford BD3 8HE · laisterdykeleadershipacademy.com · 01274 454400
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.10 mi
- 0.16 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 889
- 99% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 48.1%
- First language not English
- 69.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.10 mi (163 m) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 151 families put the school first and 176 places were offered; 97% 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 | 176 | 151 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 168 | 107 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 176 | 110 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 179 | 110 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 175 | 102 | 0.6 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.10 mi0.16 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.1, and 32.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D (18.7 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲71.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.41 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 23 | +11.5 |
| Sixth form college | 14.5 | −9.1 |
| Further education | 44.8 | 0 |
| Other education | 0.6 | 0 |
| Employment | 0.6 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.7 | +1.7 |
| Activity not captured | 6.7 | −3.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 students | D (18.7) | Below average -0.45 | |
| 16 students | D (18.7) | Below average -0.45 | |
| 17 students | Dist- (31.6) | Average +0.33 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 14 | C (31.1) | -0.15 |
| 2016/17 | 19 | C (28.6) | -0.14 |
| 2015/16 | 61 | D- (18.2) | -0.14 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 80 | −10 |
| Employment | 4 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | — |
| Activity not captured | 4 | — |
Ofsted
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107443), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107443)