Appleton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,207 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.1
Academy sponsor led
Trinity Academy Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 914of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 167
- Ofsted
- Good, 19 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Queensbury Academy (URN 143113, until 1 February 2021).
What the data says
Trinity Academy Bradford has no sixth form. Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.9 against 46.1 across England and 40.8 in Bradford, with 42% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Trinity Academy Bradford is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Trinity Academy Bradford | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 172 | 6,849 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 23% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 55% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Trinity Academy Bradford | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.9 | 40.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.84 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.4 | 31.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.0 | 45.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 165 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 165 | 99% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 70% |
| English Literature | 162 | 97% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 76% |
| Statistics | 160 | 96% | 5% | 4% | 20% | 62% |
| Combined Science | 141 | 84% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 65% |
| History | 107 | 64% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 50% |
| Geography | 68 | 41% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 59% |
| Photography | 59 | 35% | 6% | 14% | 19% | 76% |
| Spanish | 56 | 34% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 77% |
| Fine Art | 54 | 32% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 45 | 27% | 11% | 2% | 23% | 40% |
| Biology | 24 | 14% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 88% |
| Physics | 21 | 13% | 23% | 24% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 13% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 100% |
| Music | 14 | 8% | 5% | 7% | 33% | 43% |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 40 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bradford
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
Beckfoot School
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Beckfoot Thornton
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Beckfoot Upper Heaton
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Belle Vue Girls' Academy
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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.