Beckfoot Thornton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
143114
Address
Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, BD13 3BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1290 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
9.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.2%
Persistent absence
30.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 57.2%
Pakistani 19.3%
Mixed 9.8%
Other White 4.8%
Indian 2.9%
African 2.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.4
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE31
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE249
English LiteratureGCSE232
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE119
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Beckfoot Thornton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
252
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
125
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
208
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
9
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
152
103
Year 8
257
129
128
Year 9
257
146
111
Year 10
260
148
112
Year 11
261
141
120
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.2%
85.6%
Further education
51.0%
36.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
10.0%
34.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
26.0%
12.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.6%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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