Academy sponsor led · Bradford

Beckfoot Oakbank

11–18Ages
1,394Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
143112URN

Oakworth Road, Keighley, BD22 7DU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

1.0 below Bradford median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bradford

296 applications for 212 places · 33rd of 35 in Bradford

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

37.7of 90

Bradford 41.8 England 46.0

23rd of 35 in Bradford

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Graded inspection · 21 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes			Inadequate
Personal development		Requires improvement
Leadership and management			Inadequate
Sixth form provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.4applications per place, Year 7

1.0 below Bradford median (2.4) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

296 applications · 212 places offered · 160 named it first

2026 1.4; Bradford median median 2.4
2025 1.4; Bradford median median 2.4
2024 1.4; Bradford median median 2.5
2023 1.5; Bradford median median 2.3
2022 1.6; Bradford median median 2.5
2021 1.7; Bradford median median 2.5
2020 1.7; Bradford median median 2.3
2019 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4
2018 1.8; Bradford median median 2.7
2017 1.7; Bradford median median 3.0
2016 1.9; Bradford median median 4.3; as the previous school
2015 1.7; Bradford median median 4.1; as the previous school
2014 1.8; Bradford median median 3.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Bradford median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Bradford median

Dashed bars: as Oakbank School (URN 107441), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	212	296	1.4	160	0.75
Sep 2025	230	329	1.4	167	0.73
Sep 2024	293	397	1.4	241	0.82
Sep 2023	294	437	1.5	275	0.94
Sep 2022	286	460	1.6	257	0.90
Sep 2021	291	498	1.7	279	0.96
Sep 2020	267	455	1.7	225	0.84
Sep 2019	295	519	1.8	285	0.97
Sep 2018	274	495	1.8	267	0.97
Sep 2017	272	449	1.7	243	0.89
Sep 2016 *	279	521	1.9	249	0.89
Sep 2015 *	281	481	1.7	265	0.94
Sep 2014 *	280	507	1.8	262	0.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

268 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.723rd of 35 in Bradford

Bradford 41.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%28th of 35 in Bradford

Bradford 41% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%

Bradford 60% England 66%

This school
Bradford median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.62

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	268	37.7	29%	49%	–
2024/25	270	35.3	26%	51%	–
2023/24	286	36.0	27%	48%	−0.62
2022/23	274	36.5	24%	43%	−0.71

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Beckfoot OakbankThis school
This school

Serious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
2.4 km · Bradford

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 31.7Attainment 8
Carlton Keighley
2.9 km · Bradford

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
Parkside School
3.8 km · Bradford

Special measures 2026

2.0applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
Bingley Grammar School
5.3 km · Bradford

Remains Good2023

4.0applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
South Craven School
6.5 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

2.3applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
Beckfoot School
6.6 km · Bradford

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.5applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
Dixons Cottingley Academy
7.7 km · Bradford

Good2022

2.3applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
8.4 km · Bradford

2025

2.1applications per place 44.4Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 143112 · 380/4032
Trust: Beckfoot Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,800 pupils · 1,394 on roll
Free school meals: 37.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Oakbank School (URN 107441)
Address: Oakworth Road, Keighley, BD22 7DU
Local authority: Bradford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources