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Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford BD9 6AL · beckfootupperheaton.org · 01274 493533
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 679
- 93% of 727 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 52.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Beckfoot Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 85 families put the school first and 134 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 134 | 85 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 139 | 82 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 143 | 114 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 141 | 130 | 0.9 | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 147 | 103 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.3, and 31.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.
In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade C (31.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼31.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼31.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.26 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 20.7 | −1.6 |
| Sixth form college | 8 | −6.4 |
| Further education | 53.3 | +10.1 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | 0 |
| Employment | 0.7 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.7 | −0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.3 | −2.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2016/17 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 students | C (31.6) | +0.93 | |
| 13 students | C (31.6) | +0.93 | |
| Applied general26 students | — | +1.11 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 11 | C (29) | +0.23 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 8 | −46 |
| Apprenticeship | 17 | — |
| Employment | 8 | −6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 33 | +13 |
| Activity not captured | 33 | — |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Beckfoot Upper Heaton was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107361), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107361)
What parents said
23% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 23%
- Replies
- 31
- 4% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 97% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied