Free schools · Secondary
Bradford · BD9 6RB · Bradford
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 143114
Beckfoot Thornton
Academy sponsor led · Bradford · BD13 3BH
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,243
Local authority
Bradford
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Bradford, Bradford, 1,243 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 39.7%. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143114
Location
- Address
- Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton
- Postcode
- BD13 3BH
- Town
- Bradford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Bradford
- District
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,243
- Boys / girls
- 710 / 533
- School capacity
- 1,300
- Capacity fill
- 1,243 / 1,300 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 39.7%
- FSM pupils
- 493
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: BECKFOOT TRUST
- Academy trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
- Sponsor
- Beckfoot Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 15 on roll / 15 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Hanson
- Telephone
- 01274881082
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 37.3
- Progress 8
- -0.5
- English & maths grade 5+
- 28%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 47%
- EBacc entry
- 29%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3