Beckfoot Oakbank

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Nov 2 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
143112
Address
Oakworth Road, BD22 7DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1546 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
18.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.6%
Persistent absence
35.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.6%
Pakistani 11.2%
Bangladeshi 9.1%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 1.9%
Unclassified 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.5
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.96
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award63
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award80
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award47
TourismTechnical Award20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beckfoot Oakbank

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
293
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
241
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
42
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
241
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
284
148
136
Year 8
284
147
137
Year 9
289
143
146
Year 10
264
134
130
Year 11
287
121
166
Year 12
69
25
44
Year 13
69
34
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
48.0%
35.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
37.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
72.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
15.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
14.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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