Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Bradford, Bradford
BD6 3PX
Composite score
45.8

School overview

Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is a secondary school serving Bradford, Bradford, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. It has 1,415 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 36.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 49% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,885
National rank
#274
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#25
In Bradford
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
36.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
31%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
49%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.21

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,415 % FSM ever-6 46.3% % EAL 7.4% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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