Hazelbeck Special School

State-Funded School

hazelbeck-special-school-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

ShipleyConstituency

BD16 1EEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hazelbeck Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 178 pupils. Hazelbeck Special School is part of Beckfoot Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

46%

Asian

48%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

178

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

39%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 178
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less 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 Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 4 July 2024. 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
20 Mar 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.