Beckfoot School, Bingley

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, dance, ballet and orchestra.

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Beckfoot School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is down from 53 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.42: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.8, against 54.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and German.

For September 2026 entry, 403 families put Beckfoot School as their first choice and 1206 named it as one of their preferences, for 271 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 149 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Beckfoot School are Dixons Cottingley Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); Bingley Grammar School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.6); Titus Salt School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.8); and Belle Vue Girls' Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4).

Beckfoot School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Beckfoot School is one of 10 schools run by Beckfoot Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.1 in 2024/25.

248 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Beckfoot School (as of September 2025): 83% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 65% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (65%).

Of the 267 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 127 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

14.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 12.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (67%), Asian (21%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 369 pupils (23.2%) received SEN support and 70 (4.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Beckfoot School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 10 places, 4 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bingley Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Southlands Grove (opposite), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 98 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

In 2024/25, Beckfoot School issued 22 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Beckfoot School are Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School (0.3 miles); Myrtle Park Primary (0.4 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles); and Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.