Bradfields Academy[1]

Special · ages 4–19

Headline results

Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.

Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 0.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.66 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2023/24	0.3[3]	0%[3]	-1.66[3]
2022/23	0.4[7]	0%[7]	-1.64[7]
2021/22	0.3[8]	0%[8]	-2.01[8]
2018/19	0.8[9]	0%[9]	-1.57[9]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[10]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[10]
Reading, average scaled score: 88 2016/17[11]
Maths, average scaled score: 82 2016/17[11]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[12]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[12]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[12]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2022/23	0%[13]	0%[13]
2018/19	0%[14]	0%[14]
2016/17	0%[11]	0%[11]	88[11]	82[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[15]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[15]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[15]
Further education college: 3% 2022/23[15]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[15]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[15]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	97%[16]	0%[16]	3%[16]	3%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2020/21	97%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]	3%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2019/20	100%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]	3%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]
2018/19	100%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 29 Nov 2022[20]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[20]
Report published: 24 Jan 2023[20]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[20]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Outstanding[20]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
7 Mar 2017[21]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[21]	Outstanding[21]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy special converter[1]
Ages: 4–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 444[1]
Trust: FORTIS TRUST[1]
Local authority: Medway[1]
Website: www.bradfieldsacademy.co.uk [1]
District: Medway [22]
Postcode: ME5 0LB[1]
URN: 140701[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 416 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 6.5% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 0.2% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 99.8% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 49.4% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 79%[24]
Mixed: 5.8%[24]
Asian: 5.3%[24]
Black: 8.6%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 0.7%[24]
Unclassified: 0.7%[24]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.