THE best and worst schools in Bradford according to GCSE results have been revealed.

The rankings, from official Government data, show which schools had the best performance in this summer’s exams.

This is the second year schools have been ranked using the Attainment 8 grading system after major changes were made to how exams are assessed.

Attainment 8 is an average score across eight subjects taken at GCSE, which includes English and maths. The higher the score, the better.

In Bradford, the average score was 42.6, compared to a national average in England of 44.3, and is an improvement on 2017 when the new system was first brought in, when 42.4 was the Bradford average.

A total of fourteen schools in Bradford achieved above the national average.

The top performing school in the district was Dixons Trinity Academy with a score of 63.2, the only school to achieve a score of more than 60.

It was a successful year for the Dixons Academies Trust, with four of its schools in the top ten, all achieving higher than the national average, with every school recording improved results on the previous year.

Sir Nick Weller, Chief Executive of Dixons Academies Trust said: “We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students and staff and are committed to making further improvements across the Trust in the future.”

According to the figures, the lowest performing school, not including schools which cater for children with specialist needs, was One in a Million Free School, with a score of 30.

Two special schools, Southfield and Hazelbeck, and Oastlers, which caters for students with behavioural, emotional and social needs, achieved lower scores than One in a Million.

A spokesperson for One in a Million said 45 per cent of students are on a pupil premium, compared to the district average of 29 per cent, 23 per cent have SEN compared to the average of 13.5 per cent, and 56 per cent speak English as an additional language, compared to the average in Bradford of 35 per cent.

He said: “One In A Million’s first cohort of students showed great progression through their education at the school.

“Our results this summer were a first for the school. This was against a backdrop of this being our first year of having a full cohort of children from year 7-11, as well as having our first full staffing complement.

“As such, we are delighted to be maturing our educational vision. Students have progressed well at the school.

“Upon leaving the school, we are thrilled that 98 per cent of students received positive offers to progress onto further education, apprenticeships and employment (the highest percentage in this part of the city).

“This included two students who were awarded full bursaries to the sixth form at Woodhouse Grove School.”

As well as being the best performer in Bradford, Dixons Trinity was the fourth best performer in West Yorkshire, behind Crossley Heath School in Halifax (73.1), Heckmondwike Grammar School (72.6), and North Halifax Grammar School (66.7).

Elsewhere in the area, Skipton Girls’ High School (67.8) and Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton, (67) were among North Yorkshire’s top performers, and St Mary’s Menton (56), Otley Prince Henry’s Grammar School (53.4), and Guiseley School (47.7) all performed above the national average.

Bradford schools where no data was available were: Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School, Al-Markaz Academy, Beechcliffe Special School, Bradford Christian School, Bradford Forster Academy, Bradford Grammar School, Broadbeck Learning Centre, Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan, Dixons Cottingley Academy, Dixons McMillan Academy, Elite Grammar School, Eternal Light Secondary School, and The Fountain, J.A.M.E.S, Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria, M A Girls School, Olive Secondary Boys, Olive Secondary Girls, One In A Million Alternative Education, Prism Independent School, Thornton Grammar School, TLG Bradford, Tong High School, Training and Skills Centre, Ummid Independent School.