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Beckfoot School

URN 139975·Secondary·Academy converter·Beckfoot Trust·Compare

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Overall absence at 8.2%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Mar 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,661.56

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

64.6%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

10.7%

of income

In-year balance

+6.8%

of income

Key indicators

Overall absence at 8.2%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.2%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

18 March 2025 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour & attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership & management

Outstanding
SafeguardingEffective

Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024

Performance snapshot

Progress 8ⓘMeasures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.—
Attainment 8ⓘAverage score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.53.0
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)ⓘPercentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.77.9%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)57.7%
EBacc entryⓘPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.89.7%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,605

Capacity

1,610 (100%)

Free school meals

15.7%

English additional lang.

13.3%

Ethnicity

White British 67.4%Asian 19.7%Black 1.0%Mixed 5.7%Chinese 0.4%Other 0.5%

Age range: 11–18

Workforce

FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

88.1

Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

18.2

Mean salary

£52,427

Turnover

—

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

—

Attendance

Overall absence

7.7%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

17.9%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

5.8%

Unauthorised absence

1.9%

2024/25 · 1,365 pupils

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