Co-op Academy Beckfield

Co-op Academy Beckfield is a primary academy within the Co-operative Academies Trust. It was inspected in October 2024, having previously been judged to require improvement. Since then, new executive and headteacher appointments have been made, and leaders have brought about rapid improvement. The school is now performing well across all judged areas, with effective safeguarding, and no overall effectiveness grade is given under the current inspection framework.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculums have been developed for all subjects, and published outcomes show improving pupil achievement.
• Early years provision gives children a strong start through a carefully designed environment and a sharp focus on communication and managing feelings.
• Phonics teaching is effective, and pupils who struggle with reading are identified quickly and supported to catch up.
• Pupils feel safe and happy, behaviour is calm and orderly, and incidents of poor behaviour have reduced significantly.
• Attendance is improving because the school has thought carefully about how it promotes regular attendance.
• A well-thought-out careers programme and wider opportunities help prepare pupils for life beyond school.
• Staff are trained well to identify and support pupils with SEND, and teachers typically adapt the curriculum appropriately.
• The trust provides effective support and training, staff feel valued, and local governance through the academy community council is well established.
• Pupils learn to treat others with respect, understand different faiths, and racist behaviour has reduced significantly.

Areas for Improvement

• The school's process for monitoring the progress of pupils with SEND is not practical, making it difficult for staff to know whether pupils are meeting their targets.
• In a small number of subjects, including PSHE and RE, teachers do not regularly check what pupils know and remember, leaving some pupils with gaps in their knowledge.
• Some pupils find it difficult to articulate their learning in subjects where assessment checks are weaker.

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 Co-op Academy Beckfield attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.6% 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, 6.0% of pupils at Co-op Academy Beckfield 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 Co-op Academy Beckfield had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.0% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Co-op Academy Beckfield were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Co-op Academy Beckfield received £8,318 and spent £9,159 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £9,000 (£53 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of The Co-Operative Academies Trust, income was £9,737 and spending £9,467 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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All schools in Bradford · Leeds local authority: places and applications

Co-op Academy Beckfield is part of The Co-Operative Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Co-op Academy Penny Oaks Bradford
• Co-op Academy Delius Bradford
• Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey
• Co-op Academy Parkland Bradford
• Co-op Academy Princeville Bradford
• Co-op Academy Grange Bradford
• Co-op Academy Southfield Bradford
• Co-op Academy Smithies Moor Heckmondwike
• Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds
• Co-op Academy Brierley Leeds

What is Co-op Academy Beckfield's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Co-op Academy Beckfield is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Co-op Academy Beckfield last inspected by Ofsted?

Co-op Academy Beckfield was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Co-op Academy Beckfield have?

Co-op Academy Beckfield has 192 pupils on roll.

What age range does Co-op Academy Beckfield cover?

Co-op Academy Beckfield for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Co-op Academy Beckfield's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Co-op Academy Beckfield?

Co-op Academy Beckfield is at Tyersal Walk, Tyersal, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 8ER.