Beckfoot Oakbank
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Keighley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beckfoot Oakbank is a secondary school in Keighley, Bradford for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Beckfoot Oakbank 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its last graded Ofsted outcome was Inadequate (2 November 2022); the latest outcome, from 21 January 2025, was Not judged.
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 160 first-choice applications for 212 offers; places ran out in 2 of the 7 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 26% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), with average progress from GCSE to A level.
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
- Oakworth Road, Keighley, BD22 7DU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Most pupils have an adult they can speak with if they have concerns.”
- “When bullying occurs, the school takes appropriate action to address it.”
- “The school has improved the quality of education that pupils receive.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ behaviour is poor during social times and on corridors.”
- “Too many pupils miss important learning as they opt out of lessons and wander around the building.”
- “The school has introduced recent strategies to address this, but these are not currently having the desired impact.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2025 (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) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
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: 160 first-preference applications, 212 offers in total, 160 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.
- The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Keighley 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkside School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bingley Grammar School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Cottingley Academy 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published