Beckfoot Nessfield
Nessfield Drive, Keighley, BD22 6NPOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Beckfoot Nessfield is a primary school in Keighley for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 227 schools in Bradford. It ranks 25th of 32 primary schools in Keighley. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in June 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025, report published 8 July 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 3 June 2025
Beckfoot Nessfield is a school, which deliberately places personal development on a par with academic achievement. Leaders are clear that one, without the other, does not support pupils to be successful in the next stage of their lives. Pupils are explicitly taught about the importance of kindness and good manners. These attributes run throughout the school. Pupils are happy and safe. They get along well together. Bullying is rare. Pupils are confident that if they are worried about something, then staff will help them. Behaviour in lessons and around the school is calm. Teachers can teach without lessons being disrupted. Pupils are learning increasingly effectively. Pupils are keen to learn new things and talk about their knowledge and understanding. They are becoming more confident to show this in their writing. Pupils and staff are proud that this is a 'no outsiders' school. Pupils learn about the differences between them. They accept differences and treat people equally. They actively look out for each other.
What the school should improve
- The support that pupils with SEND receive in the classroom is variable. As a result, some pupils are overly reliant, following assessments, upon additional teaching or interventions to learn the intended curriculum. Adaptions at the time of first teaching could have rendered some of these interventions as unnecessary. The school should support all staff to adapt their teaching to support pupils with their learning.
- In mathematics, some older pupils do not get sufficient opportunities to practise new learning. As a result, they do not gain a secure grasp of the curriculum. These gaps in knowledge and understanding are identified but steps taken to address them are not consistently effective and misconceptions reappear in later work. The school should ensure that pupils get sufficient opportunities to practise new learning and, where gaps exist, that they are addressed successfully.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
39 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
252 pupils on roll, with places for 480
Schools near Beckfoot Nessfield
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingrow Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 57% met the expected standard |
| Holycroft Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 58% met the expected standard |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 71% met the expected standard |
| Our Lady of Victories Catholic School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 62% met the expected standard |
| Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 40% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katherine Scrivener
- Phone
- 01535665628
- Address
- Nessfield Drive, Keighley, BD22 6NP
- Local authority
- Bradford
- URN
- 146281
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.