Appleton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,207 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.1
Academy sponsor led
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,325of 1,610 places
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 282
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 29 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College (URN 107350, until 19 April 2016).
What the data says
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy has no sixth form. Of the 294 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.6 against 46.1 across England and 40.8 in Bradford, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy 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 | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 294 | 6,849 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 9% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.6 | 40.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.21 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 42% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.6 | 31.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.2 | 45.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 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 | 280 | 99% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 52% |
| Mathematics | 280 | 99% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 55% |
| English Literature | 272 | 96% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 261 | 93% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 54% |
| History | 133 | 47% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 40% |
| Geography | 133 | 47% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 48% |
| Business Studies | 59 | 21% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 53% |
| Spanish | 48 | 17% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 65% |
| Photography | 41 | 15% | 6% | 2% | 19% | 44% |
| Fine Art | 37 | 13% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 35% |
| French | 34 | 12% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 74% |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 11% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 83% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 10% | 4% | 26% | 20% | 74% |
| Music | 22 | 8% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 6% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 76% |
| Textiles | 12 | 4% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| Biology | 4 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Urdu | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 97 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 90 | — | — |
| Tourism | 54 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 53 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 51 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 4 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 3 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 3 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bradford
Beckfoot Oakbank
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,394 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
Beckfoot School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,592 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Beckfoot Thornton
Academy sponsor led · 1,243 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.2
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Academy sponsor led · 679 pupils
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.