Beckfoot Thornton
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
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beckfoot Thornton is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Beckfoot Thornton 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 7 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 163 first-choice applications for 239 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 76 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Good (13 September 2023); of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford, 2 are Outstanding, 2 Good and 4 have no current grade.
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
- Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3BH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,243 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Most pupils in school are friendly, polite and want to do well.”
- “The standards that pupils reach by the time they leave school are improving.”
- “In 2025, disadvantaged pupils reached standards similar to other disadvantaged pupils nationally.”
To improve
- “However, the behaviour of a significant minority of pupils is not managed well.”
- “Behaviour in corridors is poor.”
- “Movement between lessons is chaotic and sometimes pupils leave lessons and disturb others’ learning.”
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.2 | 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: 163 first-preference applications, 239 offers in total, 163 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.
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Kings Academy 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Bradford 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grange 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published