Beckfoot Heaton Primary

Beckfoot Heaton Primary is a welcoming and vibrant school that demonstrates a strong commitment to providing an enjoyable and engaging learning environment for its pupils. The school is performing well in several areas, with notable strengths in leadership, management, and personal development, which are rated as outstanding. The community atmosphere fosters good relationships among pupils and staff, contributing to a sense of safety and well-being among students. The school has also successfully planned a curriculum that allows for active participation and collaborative learning experiences. Despite the overall positive performance, there are areas that require further improvement, particularly in enhancing reading instruction across key stage 2 to ensure consistency in teaching practices. Additionally, the outdoor learning environment needs to be further developed to better support children's gross motor skills, and improvements in writing instruction for early years are recommended. As this was the school's first inspection since converting to an academy, there is an opportunity for continued growth and development under the supportive framework of the Beckfoot Multi Academy Trust.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community within the school.
• High expectations set by teachers and staff.
• Outstanding personal development and leadership.
• Good curriculum planning that engages pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Areas for Improvement

• Need for improved consistency in guided reading across key stage 2.
• Further development required for outdoor learning spaces.
• Writing instruction in early years needs enhancement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Beckfoot Heaton Primary attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Beckfoot Heaton Primary were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Beckfoot Heaton Primary had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 28.9% of pupils at Beckfoot Heaton Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Beckfoot Heaton Primary received £6,950 and spent £6,900 for each of its 717 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,322,000 (£1,843 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Beckfoot Trust, income was £8,890 and spending £8,737 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Beckfoot Heaton Primary is part of Beckfoot Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford
• Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery Bradford
• Beckfoot Thornton Bradford
• Hazelbeck Special School Bingley
• Beckfoot School Bingley
• Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery Bingley
• Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley
• Beckfoot Nessfield Keighley
• Beckfoot Phoenix Keighley

What is Beckfoot Heaton Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beckfoot Heaton Primary is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Beckfoot Heaton Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Beckfoot Heaton Primary was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Beckfoot Heaton Primary have?

Beckfoot Heaton Primary has 752 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beckfoot Heaton Primary cover?

Beckfoot Heaton Primary for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Beckfoot Heaton Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beckfoot Heaton Primary?

Beckfoot Heaton Primary is at Haworth Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6LL.