Beckfoot Upper Heaton

State-Funded School

beckfoot-upper-heaton-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford WestConstituency

BD9 6ALPostcode

1.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Beckfoot Upper Heaton is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 679 pupils. Beckfoot Upper Heaton is part of Beckfoot Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 37.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 31.2%
EBacc average point score: 3.26

Ethnicity

White

Asian

80%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

679

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

53%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 679
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Beckfoot Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 24 May 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Apr 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.