Secondary school

Beckfoot Thornton

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Bradford
  • BD13 3BH
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,562 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 79%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 91%91%2016/17: top 85%2017/18: top 93%2018/19: top 84%2021/22: top 64%64% · 2021/222022/23: top 82%2023/24: top 88%2024/25: top 79%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 840.2 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.33/10 Below−16.3 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths35.1% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%3/10 Below−15 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.76 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.935/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.49 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.073/10 Below
A level points per entry · 2022/2323.85 · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.531/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−24.3 pts since 17/18
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 42.4 · 244 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 39.5 · 246 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 36.3 · 252 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 39.3 · 250 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 45.6 · 245 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 39.4 · 254 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 37.3 · 257 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 40.2 · 259 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.345.636.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 24% · 246 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 25% · 252 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 29% · 250 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 43% · 245 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 31% · 254 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 28.4% · 257 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 35.1% · 259 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%43%24%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 25.73 · 107 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 24.75 · 93 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: 28.47 · 51 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.322018/19: 24.17 · 67 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 31.282021/22: 28.04 · 59 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 36.212022/23: 23.85 · 56 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.5328.4723.85No exams

Not published 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
163 of 163 who put it first2014 · 91.3%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st163163
2nd10631
3rd9618

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvement
  6. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,243
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.0%
First language not English9.1%
SEN support18.7%
EHC plan3.4%
Absence (sessions missed)14.1%
Persistently absent pupils37.6%

Girls 43.8%Boys 56.2%

95.6% full · 1,300 places · 56 in sixth form (2022/23)

Parent View

Earlier survey (before Nov 2025) · as at 2 Sep 2024 · 84 responses (6.5% of pupils)

  • My child is happy at this school66.7% agree
  • My child feels safe at this school82.1% agree
  • The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved73.8% agree
  • My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively · 48.8% not applicable46.5% agree
  • The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year57.2% agree
  • When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly · 20.2% not applicable61.2% agree
  • My child has special educational needs and/or disabilities, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed42.1% agree
  • The school has high expectations for my child78.6% agree
  • My child does well at this school76.2% agree
  • The school lets me know how my child is doing52.4% agree
  • There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school65.5% agree
  • My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school85.7% agree
  • The school supports my child's wider personal development50% agree
  • I would recommend this school to another parent63.1% yes

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.0
Pupils per adult9.4
  • Classroom teachers 65.9
  • Leadership 11.8
  • Teaching assistants 34.6
  • Other support 43.4

Teachers 77.7 FTE · Whole workforce 155.8 · 179 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,411
Spend per pupil£7,779
Staff spend per pupil£6,294
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£804,000in-year balance

Grants £8,357 · self-generated £90 · premises £524 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

257 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.3%
  • Education81.7%
  • Apprenticeship3.5%
  • Employment3.1%
  • Not sustained5.4%
  • Unknown6.2%