Tong Leadership Academy, Bradford

In 2026, pupils at Tong Leadership Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 34.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is up from 26.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.61: 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 31.2, against 37.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 125 families put Tong Leadership Academy as their first choice and 310 named it as one of their preferences, for 156 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 Tong Leadership Academy are BBG Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51); Bradford Forster Academy (1.7 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 37.7); Bradford Academy (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.2); and Laisterdyke Leadership Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Tong Leadership Academy.

Tong Leadership Academy 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 149 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

43.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 30.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Asian (22%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 174 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 29 (3.6%) 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 Low Moor Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is North View Road (at), 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 187 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

In 2024/25, Tong Leadership Academy issued 661 suspensions, 83.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tong Leadership Academy are East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.5 miles), Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.6 miles), Ryecroft Primary Academy (0.8 miles) and St John's CofE Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.