Within the Bradford district, there are 7 nursery schools, 159 primary schools, 28 secondary schools and 12 special schools.
Educational achievement of schools in Bradford has increased significantly over recent years, with the proportion of pupils achieving 5 or more A* - C grade GCSEs (and equivalent) increasing by more than 7% between 2006 and 2009.
Dixons City Academy is a very popular school, which has achieved extremely strong results in recent years (90% achieving 5 or more A* - C grade GCSEs in 2009) – www.
dixonsca.com.
Ilkley Grammar School was founded over 400 years ago and, located in the desirable Ilkley area, consistently achieves strong academic results.
The district is also home to several top independent schools, including:
Bradford Grammar School – an independent co-educational day school, with both junior and senior schools.
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School – a strong independent secondary school and a Centre of Excellence in the development of women leaders.
Many people working in Bradford city centre choose to live across the Bradford district and, indeed, in neighbouring districts, such as Leeds, Harrogate, Kirklees and Wakefi eld, which also have very strong schools:
Heckmondwike Grammar School – one of the top secondary state schools in the country - ‘an outstandingly successful school’.
Leeds Grammar School – based in North Leeds, this is another very strong independent school for all children aged 3 to 18.
