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Tong Leadership Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Westgate Hill Street, Bradford BD4 6NR · 01274 681455
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 26.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 799
- 50% of 1,610 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 43.2%
- First language not English
- 30.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 125 families put the school first and 156 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 156 | 125 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 170 | 136 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 120 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 148 | 78 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 204 | 103 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 26.4, and 17.8% 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 C (29.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼26.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼17.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼37.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.26 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107366)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.4 | −9.3 |
| Sixth form college | 22.8 | +6.3 |
| Further education | 54.4 | +8.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 1.3 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | −5.6 |
| Activity not captured | 9.4 | +2.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 students | C (29.9) | Well above average +0.48 | |
| 19 students | C (29.8) | Well above average +0.43 | |
| 15 students | Dist- (30.5) | Average +0.06 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 10 | C (31.4) | -0.24 |
| 2016/17 | 70 | C- (26.5) | +0.05 |
| 2015/16 | 64 | D+ (23) | -0.02 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2022/23 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 48.6 | −26.4 |
| Further education | 5.7 | +1.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7 | — |
| Employment | 11.4 | +3.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 22.9 | — |
| Activity not captured | 5.7 | −6.8 |
Ofsted
Tong Leadership Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 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, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107366), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107366)
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 36
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (53%) with SEND