Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford SouthConstituency

BD6 3PXPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

It currently serves 1,325 pupils. Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy is part of Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 36.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 31.2%
EBacc average point score: 3.21

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,325

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,325
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Jun 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
14 Jun 2023	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
22 Jul 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.