Beckfoot Upper Heaton, Bradford

In 2026, pupils at Beckfoot Upper Heaton averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 37.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.71: pupils made well below 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 33, against 38.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 85 families put Beckfoot Upper Heaton as their first choice and 259 named it as one of their preferences, for 134 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Beckfoot Upper Heaton are Belle Vue Girls' Academy (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); Dixons Cottingley Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (1 mile, Attainment 8 45.4); and Bradford Girls' Grammar School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.8).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Beckfoot Upper Heaton.

Beckfoot Upper Heaton 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.

Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 53% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

49.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 52.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (80%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 217 pupils (32%) received SEN support and 21 (3.1%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Saltaire Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Belle Vue Boys School (stand c), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Beckfoot Upper Heaton stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 200 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 Upper Heaton issued 388 suspensions, 56.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Beckfoot Upper Heaton are Beckfoot Heaton Primary (0.1 miles), Cottingley Village Primary School (0.7 miles), Sandy Lane Primary School (0.9 miles) and Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.