Bradford Alternative Provision Academy
Baker Street, Saltaire, Shipley, BD18 3JEOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy is an alternative provision school in Shipley for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 227 schools in Bradford. Its latest Ofsted rating is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2023.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 25 April 2023, report published 14 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 25 April 2023
Leaders are aspirational for what pupils can achieve during their time at the school. Highly skilled staff have created a place where pupils feel safe and valued as individuals. Staff quickly get to know pupils so that the curriculum they receive is suitably ambitious. Pupils value and respond positively to the high expectations set. This is seen in the quality of their work, their knowledgeable contributions to lessons, their attendance and their behaviour. In classrooms, staff seamlessly balance kindness, respect, humour, routines and boundaries. Pupils are very positive about the difference the staff here make for them. Bullying does not happen often, but when it does, leaders deal with it as they do with everything in school: quickly, calmly and effectively. Pupils rapidly broaden their knowledge during their time here. Nearly all older pupils gain the qualifications they need and go on to future education and employment. Pupils of all ages leave the provision much better equipped for the world ahead.
Pupil numbers and mix
80 pupils on roll, with places for 108
Schools near Bradford Alternative Provision Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|
| Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| The Whitley AP Academy | 7 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| The Elland Academy | 9 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| The Stephen Longfellow Academy | 10 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| Reach Academy | 10 miles | Ofsted: Good |
School details
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Bottomley
- Phone
- 01274585318
- Address
- Baker Street, Saltaire, Shipley, BD18 3JE
- Local authority
- Bradford
- URN
- 146851
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.