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Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery

Bradford, BD16 4JSPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jun 2023
KS2 Results
75%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
14 1st-choice / 15 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2646 of 13,686 nationally

About Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery

Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery sits within the Bradford local authority, where it ranks 22nd out of 153 primary schools — comfortably inside the top 25 per cent of its peers. The three highest-ranked schools in the area are All Saints' CofE Primary School, Harden Primary School and Copthorne Primary School, but Beckfoot Priestthorpe holds its own with a ranking score of 75. The school is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 3 to 11, with no religious character and a nursery on site. Headteacher Christina Gunning leads a school that is noticeably smaller than its capacity: there are 198 pupils against a maximum of 230. Just over a fifth of pupils (20.1 per cent) are eligible for free school meals, which is slightly above the national average and gives a sense of the community the school serves. The school is clearly popular with local families — for the 2025/26 intake, it received 73 applications for just 15 places, with 14 of those going to first-preference families, giving an oversubscription ratio of nearly five to one.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressMornington Road, Bingley, Bradford, BD16 4JS
HeadteacherChristina Gunning
Local AuthorityBradford
Number of Pupils198
Free School Meals (FSM)20.1%
School Capacity198 / 230 (86% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

14 Jun 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Requires improvement
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 13 Sept 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

8
GymnasiumICT SuiteSports HallArt StudiosDining HallPlaying FieldsOutdoor PlaygroundChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

10

Sports

GymnasticsDanceCross CountryCricketFootballNetballAthletics

Clubs & Activities

CodingDramaChoir

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.