Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery
Mornington Road, Bingley, BD16 4JS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Christina Gunning
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Beckfoot Trust
- Constituency
- Shipley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 186
- URN
- 144890
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274564879
About this school
Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery is a primary academy in Bingley. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 186 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 28 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 75% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 7% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 82% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 82% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 82% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery 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 | 72% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 200 |
| 2024/25 | 198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery compares
Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery ranked 56th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 4.2% | 21.1% | 186 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 75% | 3.3% | 9% | 153 | 0.2 miles |
| Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School | 61% | 5.1% | 33.6% | 160 | 0.3 miles |
| Myrtle Park Primary | 57% | 3.7% | 13.4% | 216 | 0.4 miles |
| Eldwick Primary School | 73% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 517 | 0.6 miles |
| Crossflatts Primary School | 76% | 4.3% | 13.7% | 476 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
- 14 June 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report2 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.08%
- English as an additional language
- 10.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.22%
- Persistent absence
- 4.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Bingley
-
Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bingley
-
Myrtle Park Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Bingley
-
Eldwick Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bingley
-
Crossflatts Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bingley
Other schools in Bingley
Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery ranks 5th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Bingley.
- 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
- Beckfoot School Secondary
- Bingley Grammar School Secondary
- Dixons Cottingley Academy Secondary
- Hazelbeck Special School Academies
- Lady Lane Park School & Nursery Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bingley.
- Who is the headteacher of Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery is Mrs Christina Gunning, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery?
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery has 186 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery full?
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery has capacity for 230 pupils and 186 on roll (81%), 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 Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery a faith school?
- No. Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery?
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery 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 Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 68% 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 Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery rank locally?
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery ranked 56th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% 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 Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery's absence rate?
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery'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 10 July 2026.