Year 8’s First Give fundraising hits the news

Our school wide fundraising competition has been gaining attention in the local news! The First Give programme is designed to ignite a spark of social conscience in young people. We partner with secondary schools, supporting them to deliver the programme…

Head’s Blog – 31.01.2025

Just when you think you know the abilities of your students… Last week we welcomed over 95% of our Year 9 students and their families into school as part of our options process for GCSE study. It was a lovely…

Head’s Blog – 17.01.2025

Happy New Year and welcome back to Beckfoot. What a start we have had to 2025. I cannot recall a more challenging start to a term but I am hopeful that you feel that we got it right for the…

Entries for the Young Musician 2025 Competition are now open!

For those of you who are new to Young Musician, it is our annual music competition where students compete to become the Beckfoot Young Musician of the year! You can enter the competition as a solo musician or as a group (ensemble). Anyone can enter the competition,…

Year 9 Options Evening

Dear Parents/Carers Year 9 Options Evening – Thursday 23 January 2025: 4:30pm–6:30pm The Options Evening is an incredibly important event in the Beckfoot calendar. It represents the beginning of a process that, ultimately, provides students with the exciting opportunity to shape part…

Head’s Blog – 20.12.2024

Breaking records and the most incredible talent in the final week of term. The Autumn term is the longest one we do in education and is often the most challenging. It is the term that sees summer roll into winter…

Safeguarding over Christmas

The [email protected] email account will not be monitored the usual way during the Christmas break (Friday 20 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025). However, an automated reply will be applied to the account which will provide the student emailing with contact…

Head’s Blog – 13.12.2024

From Bradford to Sheffield to Downing Street! When you have a school community as big as ours it can sometimes be difficult to keep up with what is happening right across school and beyond. Luckily, I have lots of you…

Year 12 Parents/Carers Consultation Evening

Dear Parent/Carer Year 12 Parents/Carers Consultation Evening Thursday 16 January 2025: 4:00pm-7:00pm We would like to invite you to attend our Year 12 Virtual Consultation Evening on Thursday 16 January 2025.  This is an important evening and provides you with…

Invacuation Lockdown Drill Procedure – Dec 2024

Dear Parents/Carers, Invacuation Lockdown Procedure  At Beckfoot School, we take safeguarding and safety very seriously. It is important that we continue to review all our procedures, taking into account even those events that are very unlikely to occur. As part…