Secondary school

Beckfoot Upper Heaton

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Bradford
  • BD9 6AL
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2018

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,910 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 97%97%2016/17: top 99%2017/18: top 63%63% · 2017/182018/19: top 83%2021/22: top 91%2022/23: top 89%2023/24: top 97%2024/25: top 89%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 837.3 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.32/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
Grade 5+ English and maths31.2% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%2/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
EBacc point score3.26 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.932/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber+7.1 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.71 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.071/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−73.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2017/18Not enough data · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.3Suppressed in 2017/18 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 38.3 · 68 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 32.1 · 63 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 43.6 · 49 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 39.5 · 66 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 38.7 · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 36.9 · 138 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 32.7 · 150 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 37.3 · 141 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.343.632.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 27% · 63 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 33% · 49 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 32% · 66 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 33% · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 33% · 138 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 28% · 150 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 31.2% · 141 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%33%27%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 28.95 · 11 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 31.56 · 13 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: withheld (5 pupils)31.5628.95No exams

Not published 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2017/18

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
85 of 85 who put it first2014 · 97.8%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st8585
2nd5213
3rd483

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2018Good
  6. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026679
Free school meals (past 6 years)45.2%
First language not English60.7%
SEN support30.4%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)13.7%
Persistently absent pupils44.4%

Girls 36.2%Boys 63.8%

93.4% full · 727 places · 5 in sixth form (2017/18)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.6
Pupils per adult9.8
  • Classroom teachers 34.6
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 13
  • Other support 26.7

Teachers 43.6 FTE · Whole workforce 83.3 · 93 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,058
Spend per pupil£8,375
Staff spend per pupil£6,576
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£473,000in-year balance

Grants £9,012 · self-generated £94 · premises £343 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: BECKFOOT TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £12,777,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

150 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84%
  • Education82.7%
  • Apprenticeship0.7%
  • Employment0.7%
  • Not sustained10.7%
  • Unknown5.3%