Bradford Alternative Provision Academy
Special / other · Shipley · BD18 3JE
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 25 April 2023
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80 pupils · 74% of 108 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 78.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 24.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 59.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 21.1% of pupils
- Website
- www.bradfordapacademy.co.uk
- URN
- 146851
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 25 April 2023: Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.