Appleton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,207 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.1
Academy sponsor led
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 889of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 48.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 163
- Ofsted
- Good, 18 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College (URN 107443, until 4 March 2016).
What the data says
Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 at Laisterdyke Leadership Academy in 2023, 17% stayed on in Laisterdyke Leadership Academy’s own sixth form (Bradford average 33%), 43% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.1 against 46.1 across England and 40.8 in Bradford, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bradford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 166 | 6,849 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 76% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 5% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.1 | 40.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 72% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.41 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 52% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.4 | 31.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.2 | 45.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 73% | 34% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 163 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 55% |
| English Language | 163 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 49% |
| English Literature | 150 | 92% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 150 | 92% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 47% |
| Geography | 86 | 53% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 34% |
| Urdu | 55 | 34% | 1% | 22% | 42% | 84% |
| History | 51 | 31% | 41% | 4% | 26% | 35% |
| French | 47 | 29% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 49% |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 18% | 31% | 23% | 32% | 60% |
| Photography | 28 | 17% | 6% | 7% | 19% | 36% |
| Citizenship Studies | 20 | 12% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 30% |
| Biology | 11 | 7% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| Arabic | 7 | 4% | 1% | 43% | 47% | 57% |
| Spanish | 5 | 3% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Italian | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 74 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 64 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 48 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bradford
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Beckfoot Thornton
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Beckfoot Upper Heaton
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.3
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 910 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.