Beckfoot Thornton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 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
28.5%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award40
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE53
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE250
English LiteratureGCSE239
Year 2022-2023

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
78.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
35.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
37.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
83.0%
72.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
15.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
14.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
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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