Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy, Bradford

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils consistently achieve well across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend very well."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a high-quality, ambitious curriculum across subjects and year groups."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have successfully created a positive culture of inclusion and high ambition for all pupils across the school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, trustees and governors are united in a collective moral purpose to ensure that the school gives all pupils and students the best possible life chances."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a coherent and appropriate personal, social and health education curriculum that is an entitlement for all pupils."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the strengths and areas for development of the post-16 curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that recent improvements to post-16 provision are fully embedded and lead to consistently high achievement and outcomes for students".

In its own words: "We are pleased to announce that Feversham Girls' Academy has been rated ' Outstanding ' by Ofsted following our Ofsted Inspection in March 2022."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are very proud of our Islamic faith school which puts the learning, development and outcomes of our pupils at the heart of everything we do. At Feversham Girls' Academy we are fully committed to ensuring each pupil achieves her potential in every aspect of her education."

In 2026, pupils at Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

53% 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 54.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.68: pupils made well 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 50.7, against 58.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Other Modern Languages.

For September 2026 entry, 191 families put Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy as their first choice and 467 named it as one of their preferences, for 123 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 78 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy are Carlton Bolling (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 43.8); Valley Academy (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.1); Hanson Academy (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 36.3); and The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc (1 mile).

Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy is one of 3 schools run by Iexel Education Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 120 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college.

Of the 83 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 5% into work. 5% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

34.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 66.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 64 pupils (8%) received SEN support and 11 (1.4%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Bradford Foster Square Rail Station, about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cliffe Rd Barnmouth Terrace, 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy 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 1027 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and drug offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy issued 14 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy are Westminster Church of England Primary Academy (0.1 miles), Peel Park Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles), Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy (0.7 miles) and Grove House Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.