Beckfoot School
Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1EE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Wade
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Beckfoot Trust
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Shipley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,610
- Pupils on roll
- 1,592
- URN
- 139975
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274771444
About this school
Beckfoot School is a secondary academy in Bingley. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,592 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beckfoot School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 268 | 267 | 272 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.2 | 50.4 | 53.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.24 +0.07 to +0.41 | +0.42 +0.25 to +0.60 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 54.7% | 57.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 73.8% | 77.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 87.6% | 89.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beckfoot School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bradford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.2 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.4 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 53 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,632 |
| 2023/24 | 1,631 |
| 2024/25 | 1,605 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beckfoot School compares
Beckfoot School ranked 3rd of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 83% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53 | 7.7% | 16.6% | 1,592 | — |
| Dixons Cottingley Academy | 46.7 | 11.8% | 36% | 861 | 0.9 miles |
| Bingley Grammar School | 46.5 | 9.6% | 25.6% | 1,985 | 1.2 miles |
| Titus Salt School | 40.9 | 11.1% | 29.3% | 1,462 | 1.5 miles |
| Belle Vue Girls' Academy | 43.2 | 8.6% | 38.4% | 910 | 1.6 miles |
| Beckfoot Upper Heaton | 37.3 | 13.7% | 45.2% | 679 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.56%
- English as an additional language
- 13.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.68%
- Persistent absence
- 17.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dixons Cottingley Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
Bingley Grammar School1.2 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
Titus Salt School1.5 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Belle Vue Girls' Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Beckfoot Upper Heaton1.7 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Bingley
- Bingley Grammar School Secondary
- Dixons Cottingley Academy Secondary
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Cottingley Village Primary School Primary
- Crossflatts Primary School Primary
- Eldwick Primary School Primary
- Harden Primary School Primary
- Myrtle Park Primary Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Hazelbeck Special School Academies
- Lady Lane Park School & Nursery Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Beckfoot School teach?
- Beckfoot School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bingley.
- Who is the headteacher of Beckfoot School?
- The headteacher of Beckfoot School is Mr Simon Wade, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beckfoot School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beckfoot School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Beckfoot School?
- Beckfoot School has 1,592 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Beckfoot School full?
- Beckfoot School has capacity for 1,610 pupils and 1,592 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Beckfoot School a faith school?
- No. Beckfoot School has no designated religious character.
- Is Beckfoot School a selective school?
- No. Beckfoot School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Beckfoot School part of an academy trust?
- Beckfoot School is part of BECKFOOT TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Beckfoot School have?
- The schools register lists Beckfoot School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Beckfoot School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.2 in 2022/23 and 53 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beckfoot School compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Beckfoot School ranked 3rd of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 83% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beckfoot School's absence rate?
- Beckfoot School's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beckfoot School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beckfoot School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.