Beckfoot Thornton
Secondary schoolBeckfoot Thornton is a secondary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,243 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Not met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Beckfoot Thornton was 34.0, against 41.4 in Bradford and 46.2 in England.
24% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 34.0 | 41.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45.9% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 242 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- The Academy At St. JamesPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Clayton St John CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Clayton Village AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Ley Top Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Dixons Allerton AcademyAll-through. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 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).