Schools by area › Bradford › Beckfoot Heaton Primary
Beckfoot Heaton Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Haworth Road, Bradford BD9 6LL · beckfootheaton.org · 01274 363070
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 81%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 752
- 100% of 755 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
- First language not English
- 58.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Beckfoot Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 86 families put the school first and 86 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 86 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 108 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 88 | 91 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 122 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 101 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
Results
In 2024/25, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲81% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107209)
Ofsted
Beckfoot Heaton Primary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 35
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied