Titus Salt School, Bradford

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Titus Salt School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 1 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Leaders ensure that the sixth-form curriculum is taught consistently well in all subjects."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Since the previous inspection, leaders have developed a comprehensive personal development and wellbeing programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils across Years 7 to 11 do not achieve as well as they should across the curriculum and in national examinations by the end of Year 11."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' attendance has been below the national average for some time."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Staff implementation of the curriculum is variable across Years 7 to 11."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders typically use appropriate systems to identify pupils' needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders and governors know the school well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff use assessment well to check pupils' understanding. Teachers should use this information to make changes to their teaching to address pupils' misconceptions and adapt the curriculum as necessary"; "Leaders should ensure that gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge, such as in reading and writing, are quickly identified and closed"; "Leaders should ensure that barriers to pupils' learning, including those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are effectively identified. Leaders should ensure that classroom strategies to address these barriers are routinely implemented by all staff"; "Leaders should continue to refine their attendance strategy to improve pupils' attendance and reduce persistent absence"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, achieve the outcomes of which they are capable by the end of key stage 4"; "Leaders at all levels should focus their efforts on addressing the school's main priorities for improvement. As part of this, they should review the impact of their actions robustly, and ensure that improvements are sustained".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a learning community that always puts pupils at the heart of everything we do. Our pupils continue to make me proud and I am overwhelmed by their skills, enthusiasm, drive and commitment - qualities that make our school a special place."

The school runs after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Sunday 6 June 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Titus Salt School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

35% 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 40.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.58: pupils made well below 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 28.9, against 45.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 218 families put Titus Salt School as their first choice and 756 named it as one of their preferences, for 236 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 23 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Titus Salt School are Dixons Cottingley Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); Beckfoot School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.5); Belle Vue Girls' Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); and Beckfoot Upper Heaton (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.4).

Titus Salt School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 254 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 95 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%), Mixed (7%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 237 pupils (16.2%) received SEN support and 117 (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 autism.

Titus Salt School has a resourced provision for severe learning difficulties: 30 places, 32 pupils on roll.

Titus Salt School had 106 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Saltaire Rail Station, about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Higher Coach Road Salt Grammar School, 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Titus Salt School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 214 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

In 2024/25, Titus Salt School issued 556 suspensions, 38.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Titus Salt School are Baildon Glen Primary School (0.3 miles), Saltaire Primary School (0.4 miles), Wycliffe CofE Primary School (0.5 miles) and Sandal Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.