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Beckfoot School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1EE · beckfoot.org · 01274 771444

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
53
average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
Last distance offered
1.64 mi
2.64 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · non-sibling allocations in priority area · Bradford Council
Demand for places
1.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,592
99% of 1,610 places
Local authority
Bradford
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
17.6%
First language not English
12.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Beckfoot Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “non-sibling allocations in priority area” went to a home 1.64 mi (2.64 km) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 403 families put the school first and 271 places were offered; 63% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 404 (Places 256)404September 2023: 392 (Places 258)392September 2024: 416 (Places 251)416September 2025: 387 (Places 259)387September 2026: 403 (Places 271)403Places 271
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262714031.5▲63%
September 2025Sept 20252593871.5▲65%
September 2024Sept 20242514161.7▲60%
September 2023Sept 20232583921.5▲65%
September 2022Sept 20222564041.6▲61%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – non-sibling allocations in priority areaDistance
September 20261.64 mi2.64 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53, and 57.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 47.8 (England 46.3)47.82017/18: 52.0 (England 46.5)52.02018/19: 50.5 (England 46.7)50.52021/22: 56.1 (England 48.8)56.12022/23: 51.2 (England 46.3)51.22023/24: 50.4 (England 45.9)50.42024/25: 53.0 (England 46.0)53.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲5346
▲57.7%45.4%
▲77.9%64.8%
▲89.7%40.5%
▲4.914.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form38.2−7.7
Sixth form college2.6−1.1
Further education47.9+8.3
Other education0.70
Apprenticeship4.10
Employment1.1−1.5
Not in a lasting destination4.1+1.1
Activity not captured1.1+0.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.4 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.4 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 35.4 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 30.9 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.0 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.1 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 36.2 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 34.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
141 studentsC+ (34.2)Below average -0.17
141 studentsC+ (34.3)Below average -0.17
46 studentsDist- (30.1)Average -0.16
19.2%AAB or better
95.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24118B- (36.2)-0.05
2022/23136C+ (33.1)—
2021/22152B- (36)—
2018/19163C (30.9)+0.04
2017/18137B- (35.4)+0.18
2016/17153C+ (33.4)-0.07
2015/16157C+ (32.4)+0.09

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University59.8−1.6
Further and other education4+2
Further education2.4+1.1
Other education1.6+0.9
Apprenticeship3.9−2.6
Employment18.9−1.4
Not in a lasting destination5.5+0.3
Activity not captured7.9+3.3

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Beckfoot School on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
18 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2014

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2014Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Nov 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (248 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
83%
Replies
248
15% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲87% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼79% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●87% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●78% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼74% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲60% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼47% agreeEngland 67%

based on 79 parents (32%) with SEND

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