Beckfoot Oakbank

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Keighley, Bradford
BD22 7DU
Composite score
44.1

Beckfoot Oakbank at a glance

Located in Keighley, Bradford, Beckfoot Oakbank is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. The school educates roughly 1,503 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 35.3, well below the national average of 46. That is down 0.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

26% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 51% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Beckfoot Oakbank does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,977
National rank
#284
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#27
In Bradford
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
26%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
51%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
3.02

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,503 % FSM ever-6 38.1% % EAL 17.6% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed

Location

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