Secondary
The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 630 of 992 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 87.7
- Pupils per adult
- 8.8
- Pupils
- 773
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
11%
18 points below the Keighley average (29% across 4 schools)
28.8
8.7 below the Keighley average (37.5 across 4 schools)
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Keighley we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 28.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 32% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 15% |
| 23/24 | 23% |
| 24/25 | 11% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 23.0 |
| 23/24 | 17.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | -0.82 |
| 23/24 | -0.59 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 32.2 |
| 23/24 | 34.0 |
| 24/25 | 28.8 |
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bradford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- S Mather
- Address
- Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH
- Telephone
- 01535210212