Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford, Bradford

In 2026, pupils at Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

66% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.15: 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 46.1, against 52 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Information and Communication Technology.

For September 2026 entry, 216 families put Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford as their first choice and 541 named it as one of their preferences, for 112 places offered. That is 1.9 first choices for every place. 119 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford are Dixons Kings Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.7); Bradford Girls' Grammar School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.8); The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc (0.7 miles); and Valley Academy (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.1).

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford is one of 36 schools run by Star Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.6 in 2024/25.

Of the 113 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

35.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 64% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 118 pupils (19.7%) received SEN support and 17 (2.8%) 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 Bradford Forster Square Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Victoria Shopping Centre, 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 685 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford issued 44 suspensions, 7.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford are Whetley Academy (0.2 miles); St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles); Girlington Primary School (0.3 miles); and St Philip's CofE Primary School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.