Belle Vue Girls' Academy, Bradford

In its own words: "Belle Vue Girls' Academy was last inspected by Ofsted in November 2025. We are proud to have met the expected standards in all areas, and the strong standard for Personal Development and Wellbeing."

From the headteacher's welcome: "You are here: Home > About BVGA > Welcome from the Headteacher Belle Vue Girls’ is a long-established and highly successful academy with a thriving Sixth Form, providing an outstanding education for girls aged 11 to 18. We are proud of our inclusive ethos, where every student feels valued, supported, and inspired to achieve."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, STEM and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Belle Vue Girls' Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.16: 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 39.7, against 48.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Health Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 89 families put Belle Vue Girls' Academy as their first choice and 262 named it as one of their preferences, for 126 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Belle Vue Girls' Academy are Beckfoot Upper Heaton (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.4); Dixons Cottingley Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 45.4); and Bradford Girls' Grammar School (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.8).

Belle Vue Girls' Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Belle Vue Girls' Academy is one of 21 schools run by Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.6 in 2024/25.

13 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Belle Vue Girls' Academy (as of April 2026): 62% would recommend the school, 39% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (62%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

Of the 190 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 80 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 5% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

40.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 47.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 84 pupils (9.2%) received SEN support and 10 (1.1%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Saltaire Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Belle Vue Boys School (stand c), 180 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 175 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

In 2024/25, Belle Vue Girls' Academy issued 48 suspensions, 5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Belle Vue Girls' Academy are Beckfoot Heaton Primary (0.3 miles), Cottingley Village Primary School (0.6 miles), Sandy Lane Primary School (0.8 miles) and Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.