Carlton Keighley

State-Funded School

carlton-keighley-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Keighley and IlkleyConstituency

BD20 6EBPostcode

2.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Carlton Keighley is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 809 pupils. Carlton Keighley is part of CARLTON ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 38.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 36.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.08

Ethnicity

White

16%

Asian

77%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

809

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

50%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 809
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: CARLTON ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
26 Feb 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

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.