Beckfoot Thornton

School Name: Beckfoot Thornton
Address: Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton
Town/City: Bradford
County: West Yorkshire
Postcode: BD13 3BH
Telephone Number: 01274 881082
Website: www.beckfootthornton.org

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Academy sponsor led
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2016
Trust: Beckfoot Trust
Sponsor: Beckfoot Trust

Headteacher: Mr Richard Hanson
Capacity: 1300
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 1243 (57% boys & 43% girls)
Enrollment: 96% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 39.7%

• MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
• SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty

URN: 143114
DfE Number: 380/4040
UKPRN: 10057510
UPRN: 100052235598
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: Bradford (E08000032)
Constituency: Bradford West (E14001120)
Electoral Ward: Thornton & Allerton (E05016476)

Easting & Northing: 411847E, 432804N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 47' 31.4" N 1° 49' 17.43" W
Plus Code: 9C5WQ5RH+R9

DfE Record: View record

1. The Academy At St. James (0.7km)
2. Clayton St John CofE Primary School (0.9km)
3. St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.9km)
4. Clayton Village Academy (1.1km)
5. Ley Top Primary School (1.1km)
6. Dixons Allerton Academy (1.2km)
7. St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (1.2km)
8. Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery (1.4km)
9. Crossley Hall Academy (1.6km)
10. Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria (1.6km)

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• Hazelbeck Special School
• Beckfoot Upper Heaton
• Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery
• Beckfoot Heaton Primary
• Beckfoot Oakbank
• Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery
• Beckfoot Phoenix
• Beckfoot Nessfield

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