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Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy

Secondary · Bradford · BD3 0LT

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

796 pupils · 111% of 720 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Muslim
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
66.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.fga.iexel.org.uk/
URN
136962

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 191 families named it first for 123 Year 7 places, 1.55 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.482 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 14 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.55 first-choice applications per place

123 places offered · 191 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.482 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.482 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

124 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
54.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
74.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
36.7
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school54.8
Median of its 12 closest peers47
Bradford average41.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Rosedale CollegeHayes · 167 miles awayGood46.2
The Khalsa Academy WolverhamptonWolverhampton · 87 miles awayGood49.4
The Ursuline Academy IlfordIlford · 173 miles awayStrong standard56.1
Eden Girls' School, Waltham ForestLondon · 169 miles awayOutstanding63.5
King's Leadership Academy BoltonBolton · 33 miles awayGood45.4
Nottingham Girls' AcademyNottingham · 62 miles awayOutstanding47.7
Rivers Academy West LondonFeltham · 172 miles awayOutstanding54.9
Sir John Thursby Community CollegeBurnley · 19 miles awayGood41
Saint Claudine's Catholic School for GirlsLondon · 169 miles awayGood44.7
London Design and Engineering UTCLondon · 176 miles awayStrong standard49.5
Outwood Academy City FieldsWakefield · 14 miles awayGood38.8
Belle Vue Girls' AcademyBradford · 3 miles awayExpected standard43.2

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 78% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 6% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bradford 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 2% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Bradford 3%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.73 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bradford: 48.33 suspensions and 0.28 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

5.54% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,699; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,312
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £362,000; in-year balance +£685,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
43%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
13%
Any sustained destination
66%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier44%62.3%
Social housing17.7%17.1%
Privately rented37.6%20.5%
Detached houses3.9%22.9%
Flats12.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van41.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010830 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£130,000288 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£97,000–£158,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£270,000
Semi-detached (105)£147,500
Terraced (152)£115,000
Flat (18)£55,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.38 km, 2026 entry): 1,995 sales, median £150,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
12an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
42an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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