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Beckfoot Oakbank

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Oakworth Road, Keighley BD22 7DU · beckfootoakbank.org · 01535 210111

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
35.3
average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,394
77% of 1,800 places
Local authority
Bradford
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
37.3%
First language not English
16.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Beckfoot Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 160 families put the school first and 212 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 257 (Places 286)257September 2023: 275 (Places 294)275September 2024: 241 (Places 293)241September 2025: 167 (Places 230)167September 2026: 160 (Places 212)160Places 212
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262121600.8100%
September 2025Sept 20252301670.7100%
September 2024Sept 20242932410.8100%
September 2023Sept 20232942750.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222862570.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.3, and 25.9% 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 (31.2 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: 38.2 (England 46.3)38.22017/18: 41.5 (England 46.5)41.52018/19: 38.1 (England 46.7)38.12021/22: 39.3 (England 48.8)39.32022/23: 36.5 (England 46.3)36.52023/24: 36.0 (England 45.9)36.02024/25: 35.3 (England 46.0)35.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼35.346.0
▼25.9%45.4%
▼51.1%64.8%
▼27.0%40.5%
▼3.024.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form28.7−1.9
Sixth form college2.8—
Further education52.1+3.2
Apprenticeship4.9−2.6
Employment1.4−2.7
Not in a lasting destination5.9−0.1
Activity not captured4.2+2

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: 26.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 33.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 29.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 29.4 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 34.8 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 31.6 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 28.6 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 31.2 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
59 studentsC (31.2)Average -0.11
59 studentsC (31.2)Average -0.11
49 studentsDist- (33)Above average +0.20
5.3%AAB or better
94.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2449C (28.6)+0.14
2022/2362C (31.6)—
2021/2263C+ (34.8)—
2018/1989C (29.4)+0.24
2017/1876C (29.9)+0.14
2016/1788C+ (33.7)+0.21
2015/16119C- (26.3)+0.13

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University49.3−28.3
Further education2.8—
Apprenticeship7+4.4
Employment23.9+14.7
Not in a lasting destination16.9+9

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Beckfoot Oakbank on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
21 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2022

Other inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107441), which Ofsted links to this one.

Report cards, from November 2025

  • May 2026Monitoring visitEffective action

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jul 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Nov 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107441)

What parents said

32% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (98 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
32%
Replies
98
7% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼49% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼59% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼23% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼39% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼47% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼38% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼39% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼69% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼76% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼27% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼35% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 94% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼32% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 50% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼27% agreeEngland 67%

based on 36 parents (37%) with SEND

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