Secondary
Beckfoot Thornton
Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3BH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1243 of 1300 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
- Local authority
- Bradford
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 125.6
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 1,290
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
35%
4 points below the Bradford average (39% across 32 schools)
40.2
1.8 below the Bradford average (42.0 across 32 schools)
17th of 32 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bradford we can score - 38 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 |
| Entered the EBacc | 52% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 28% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28.0 |
| 22/23 | 23.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.12 |
| 22/23 | -0.22 |
| 23/24 | -0.49 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.6 |
| 22/23 | 39.4 |
| 23/24 | 37.3 |
| 24/25 | 40.2 |
Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3BH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bradford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Richard Hanson
- Address
- Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3BH
- Telephone
- 01274881082