BBG Academy, Birkenshaw

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades BBG Academy on 6 areas: 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils attain well in national examinations at the end of Year 11."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a well-organised curriculum that supports pupils to develop their knowledge across a range of subjects."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Staff welcome pupils warmly to the school as part of 'team BBG'."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Staff at BBG Academy are proud to work at the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders provide pupils with a broad and coherent programme of activities that positively support their wider development."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' overall attendance is in line with the national average."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should improve the attendance of pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, so that fewer pupils miss out on important learning"; "Leaders should continue to embed the recently introduced framework for teaching so that staff teach the curriculum consistently well across all subjects".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Dear Parents and Carers, I am honoured and privileged to serve as the Principal of BBG Academy, returning to a community that holds a special place in my heart. Over the years, my commitment to education and student development has continued to flourish, and I am excited to continue this journey with the exceptional staff, students, and families of BBG."

In 2026, pupils at BBG Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

56% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is up from 46.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.48: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.7, against 54.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and French.

For September 2026 entry, 264 families put BBG Academy as their first choice and 572 named it as one of their preferences, for 204 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 66 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to BBG Academy are Tong Leadership Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.7); Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy (2 miles, Attainment 8 45.7); Batley Girls' High School (2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.2); and Batley Grammar School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5).

BBG Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

BBG Academy is one of 6 schools run by Resilience Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 199 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

1.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 138 pupils (13.2%) received SEN support and 25 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Low Moor Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bradford Rd Grove Terrace (at), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood BBG Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 58 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kirklees (153).

In 2024/25, BBG Academy issued 377 suspensions, 36 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to BBG Academy are Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.7 miles), East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1 mile), Gomersal Primary School (1.1 miles) and St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.