Beckfoot Heaton Primary
Primary schoolBeckfoot Heaton Primary is a primary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 752 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 26 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 81% of pupils at Beckfoot Heaton Primary met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Bradford and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Chellow Heights Special SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), June 2023110 m
- High Park SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, April 2025230 m
- Beckfoot Upper HeatonSecondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 36.4 (2025/26, provisional)240 m
- Belle Vue Girls' AcademySecondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 44.4 (2025/26, provisional)460 m
- Cottingley Village Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademySecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bradford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).