Beckfoot Oakbank
Secondary school in Keighley, Bradford. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 6 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Sixth form | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 1.5 milesThe Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Apr 2025)
- 1.8 milesCarlton Keighley
Standards maintained (Feb 2025)
- 2.3 milesParkside School
Report card, Jul 2026: 3 needs attention, 3 urgent improvement Special measures
- 3.3 milesBingley Grammar School
School remains Good (Sep 2023)
- 4.0 milesSouth Craven School
Good (Feb 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.