Beckfoot School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 5 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
139975
Address
Wagon Lane, BD16 1EE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1631 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
14.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.5%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.9%
Pakistani 15.8%
Mixed 5.9%
Other White 3.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Indian 1.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
Irish 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE85
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE84
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Beckfoot School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
251
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
416
2nd preference
342
3rd preference
262
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
250
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
275
133
142
Year 8
272
135
137
Year 9
272
134
138
Year 10
273
128
145
Year 11
269
139
130
Year 12
148
73
75
Year 13
122
63
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
84.2%
85.6%
Further education
40.0%
36.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
34.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
12.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
70.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
16.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
4.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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