Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 6AL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Biman Dey
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Beckfoot Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 727
- Pupils on roll
- 679
- URN
- 142031
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274493533
About this school
Beckfoot Upper Heaton is a secondary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 679 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beckfoot Upper Heaton, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 24 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 138 | 150 | 141 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.9 | 32.7 | 37.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.40 -0.64 to -0.16 | -0.71 -0.95 to -0.48 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 28% | 31.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 45.3% | 53.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 3% | 66.7% | 31.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
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 Upper Heaton 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 | 36.9 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.7 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.3 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 723 |
| 2023/24 | 716 |
| 2024/25 | 682 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beckfoot Upper Heaton compares
Beckfoot Upper Heaton ranked 23rd of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.3 | 13.7% | 45.2% | 679 | — |
| Belle Vue Girls' Academy | 43.2 | 8.6% | 38.4% | 910 | 0.1 miles |
| Dixons Cottingley Academy | 46.7 | 11.8% | 36% | 861 | 0.9 miles |
| St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 44.5 | 9% | 27.3% | 1,800 | 1.0 miles |
| Bradford Girls' Grammar School | 44.8 | 10.3% | 46% | 667 | 1.2 miles |
| Beckfoot School | 53 | 7.7% | 16.6% | 1,592 | 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)
- 45.16%
- English as an additional language
- 60.7%
- Overall absence
- 13.72%
- Persistent absence
- 44.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Belle Vue Girls' Academy0.1 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Dixons Cottingley Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Bingley
-
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Bradford Girls' Grammar School1.2 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
Beckfoot School1.7 miles
Secondary · Bingley
Other schools in Bradford
Beckfoot Upper Heaton ranks 18th of the 28 ranked secondary schools in Bradford.
- Beckfoot Thornton Secondary
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy Secondary
- Bradford Forster Academy Secondary
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School Secondary
- Bronte Girls' Academy Secondary
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Secondary
- Carlton Bolling Secondary
- Co-op Academy Grange Secondary
- Dixons City Academy Secondary
- Dixons Kings Academy Secondary
- Dixons McMillan Academy Secondary
- Dixons Trinity Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Beckfoot Upper Heaton teach?
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Beckfoot Upper Heaton?
- The headteacher of Beckfoot Upper Heaton is Mr Biman Dey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beckfoot Upper Heaton been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beckfoot Upper Heaton, 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 Upper Heaton?
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton has 679 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Beckfoot Upper Heaton full?
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton has capacity for 727 pupils and 679 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Beckfoot Upper Heaton a faith school?
- No. Beckfoot Upper Heaton has no designated religious character.
- Is Beckfoot Upper Heaton a selective school?
- No. Beckfoot Upper Heaton is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Beckfoot Upper Heaton part of an academy trust?
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton is part of BECKFOOT TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Beckfoot Upper Heaton's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.9 in 2022/23 and 37.3 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 Upper Heaton compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton ranked 23rd of 35 secondary schools in Bradford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% 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 Upper Heaton's absence rate?
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton's overall absence rate is 13.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beckfoot Upper Heaton's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beckfoot Upper Heaton'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 2 July 2026.