Appleton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,207 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.1
Academy sponsor led
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
- Pupils on roll
- 679of 727 places
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 141
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 24 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Belle Vue Boys' School (URN 107361, until 28 April 2015).
What the data says
Beckfoot Upper Heaton has no sixth form. Of the 138 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 17% moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.3 against 46.1 across England and 40.8 in Bradford, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 15% of the year group, and 32% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
As an 11–16 school, Beckfoot Upper Heaton is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bradford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Beckfoot Upper Heaton | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 138 | 6,849 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 17% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 51% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 9% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Beckfoot Upper Heaton | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.3 | 40.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.26 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.7 | 31.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.6 | 45.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 79% | 34% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 143 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 141 | 100% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 134 | 95% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 50% |
| English Literature | 128 | 91% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 71% |
| History | 87 | 62% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 26% |
| Geography | 41 | 29% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 27% |
| Religious Studies | 27 | 19% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 33% |
| Urdu | 25 | 18% | 1% | 32% | 42% | 80% |
| French | 21 | 15% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 12% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 76% |
| Art and Design | 14 | 10% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 21% |
| Biology | 5 | 4% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 42 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 41 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 14 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bradford
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Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,394 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Beckfoot Thornton
Academy sponsor led · 1,243 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.2
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 910 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Bingley Grammar School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,985 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.