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Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Reevy Road West, Buttershaw, Bradford BD6 3PX · buttershaw.net · 01274 676285

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
36.6
average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,325
82% of 1,610 places
Local authority
Bradford
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
46.1%
First language not English
6.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 173 families put the school first and 243 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 281 (Places 293)281September 2023: 299 (Places 293)299September 2024: 239 (Places 289)239September 2025: 197 (Places 280)197September 2026: 173 (Places 243)173Places 243
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262431730.7100%
September 2025Sept 20252801970.7100%
September 2024Sept 20242892390.8100%
September 2023Sept 20232932991▲94%
September 2022Sept 2022293281199%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.6, and 31.2% 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 (29.4 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: 40.5 (England 46.3)40.52017/18: 39.1 (England 46.5)39.12018/19: 42.2 (England 46.7)42.22021/22: 39.6 (England 48.8)39.62022/23: 35.6 (England 46.3)35.62023/24: 33.0 (England 45.9)33.02024/25: 36.6 (England 46.0)36.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼36.646.0
▼31.2%45.4%
▼48.9%64.8%
▼29.4%40.5%
▼3.214.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form9.3+3.6
Sixth form college5.5−12.4
Further education61+10.1
Other education0.7—
Apprenticeship5.5+0.5
Employment1.7−3
Not in a lasting destination7.2−3.6
Activity not captured9+4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 26.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 28.2 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 23.4 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 29.4 (England 32.9)CEngland 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
36 studentsC (29.4)Below average -0.35
36 studentsC (29.4)Below average -0.35
17 studentsMerit (24.8)Below average -0.42
3.1%AAB or better
83.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1844D+ (23.4)-0.52
2016/1759C- (28.2)-0.26
2015/1668C- (26.1)+0.12

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
Left in 2019/20Since 2016/17
University46−2
Apprenticeship14+2
Employment20−12
Not in a lasting destination9+4
Activity not captured11+8

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
29 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2023

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107350), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jul 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jan 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2023Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2015Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107350)

What parents said

64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
64%
Replies
64
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼79% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼79% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼59% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼75% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼56% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼75% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼61% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●51% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 41% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼50% agreeEngland 67%

based on 16 parents (25%) with SEND

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