Titus Salt School

About Titus Salt School

Titus Salt School sits within the Bradford local authority, a large mixed secondary for pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent rankings based on Progress 8 scores, it placed 25th out of 39 same-type schools in the area, putting it in the bottom half of Bradford's state secondaries. The top-performing local peers are Dixons Trinity Academy, Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy, and Dixons Cottingley Academy, all of which achieved significantly higher Progress 8 scores. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Beckfoot School, just 2.4 kilometres away. Titus Salt itself has held a Good rating across both its recent inspections, with the most recent full graded inspection taking place in 2022. That said, the inspection report noted that personal development requires improvement, while behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and the quality of education were all rated Good. The sixth form provision was also rated Good.

Academically, the school's results present a mixed picture. At Key Stage 4, the Progress 8 score was -0.58, which is well below the national average and also below the Bradford local authority average of -0.19. The Attainment 8 score was 39.1, and just 31.5 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths. Only 6.3 per cent entered the EBacc and achieved a grade 5 or above in it. The EBacc average point score was 3.3. At Key Stage 5, the picture is brighter: the value added score was 0.38, which is above average, and the average points per entry was 35.58, equivalent to a B- grade. The best three A-levels averaged a B- grade, and 18.4 per cent of entries were graded AAB or higher. The sixth form is clearly a relative strength, with progress banding described as above average.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 758 applications for 238 places, a ratio of 3.18 applicants per place, and 186 first-preference applications resulted in 166 offers. Facilities are extensive and include a library, theatre, sixth form centre, sports hall, tennis courts, and playing fields, plus specialist spaces like music rooms, art studios, and science labs. The school offers a wide range of sports and clubs, from gymnastics and swimming to coding and young enterprise. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and physical disabilities, with a resourced provision on site. This is a large, popular school that suits families who value a strong sixth form and a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, but who are realistic about below-average GCSE outcomes compared with the strongest local alternatives.

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