Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beckfoot Upper Heaton is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Beckfoot Upper Heaton catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as was the case at 19 of the 31 other Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 6 earlier years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 85 first-choice applications for 134 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 49 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bradford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 6AL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 679 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have created an ethos based on ‘excellence, integrity and kindness’.”
- “Leaders’ recent focus on the ‘5 habits of excellence’ helps pupils know how to meet the high expectations of teachers.”
- “Pupils respond well to reminders when they do not meet expectations.”
To improve
- “The attendance of pupils is a concern.”
- “Pupils with poor attendance are missing important learning, which makes it hard for them to learn well.”
- “Parents and carers have mentioned issues they are less confident about.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 85 first-preference applications, 134 offers in total, 85 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Cottingley Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beckfoot School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Titus Salt School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lister Park 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published