Co-op Academy Beckfield
General Information
- Address: Tyersal Walk, Tyersal, Bradford, BD4 8ER – View on map
- Phone: 01274662363
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Watkiss
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 29 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 10 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 86
- % eligible for free school meals: 48.0%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 14% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 36.4% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Leeds: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 22 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Leeds, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 52% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 24 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 73rd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73Allerton Bywater Primary School71%
- =73Calverley Parkside Primary School71%
- =73Co-op Academy Beckfield71%
- =73Farsley Farfield Primary School71%
- =73St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa71%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,497 (2024-25)
20th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #18Ireland Wood Primary School£8,606
- #19Oulton Primary School£8,502
- #20Co-op Academy Beckfield£8,497
- #21Middleton Primary School£8,462
- #22Blackgates Primary Academy£8,462
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