The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
About the school
The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy is an open secondary school in Bradford.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 2 April 2025
- Published
- 14 May 2025
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Requires improvement
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 28.8
- Bradford
- 40.8
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Bradford
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 11.30%
- Bradford
- 37.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 31.90%
- Bradford
- 56.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 14.90%
- Bradford
- 42.00%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.3
- Bradford
- 3.56
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
700
Girls
50.29%
Boys
49.71%
SEN support
17.14%
Education, health and care plan
6.00%
English as an additional language
40.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
41.70%
Overall absence
12.54
Persistent absence
38.74
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
140
Sustained education or employment
86%
Education
84%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
6%