Year 8 Parents’ Evening, Thursday 30th April – A Key Opportunity to Support Your Child’s Success

Careers Bulletin

Cycle 2, Week 10 Careers – Future Ready Learner We want you to be someone who is excited for what their future could hold and knows how to get ready for it! Since September (and particularly this cycle), students at…

Royal Navy Youth Engagement Session

Sixty Yr 10 students enjoyed hearing about how to be fully effective in combat, men and women in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines must be physically and mentally fit. They must also possess self-discipline, stamina, courage and a competitive…

Extra Curricular Timetable

As part of our offer to students and families, we offer a range of enrichment and extracurricular opportunities. Our offer helps students to develop independence, high self-esteem and effective communication skills, while allowing them to enjoy school. The full timetable…

Join us as a Local School Committee Member

This role provides an opportunity to engage with one of our schools with purpose, humility and integrity.  We are looking for governance members who can support us in our mission to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind.…

Antarctica Flags 2026

In Geography, we designed our own Antarctica flags based on our learning about the continent of Antarctica. Designs included the Southern Lights. penguins and sea life. The Beckfoot Thornton flag travelled to Antarctica on the boat Erebus to Ryder Bay…

The UK Bebras Challenge

A few weeks ago, all of our Year 7, 8 and 9 students took part in the UK Bebras Challenge, an international computational thinking tournament, as part of their computing lessons. We’re proud to say that a number of our…

We’re Proud to Announce a Cyber SwitchUp 2025 Finalist!

Next week, Oliver in Year 10 will be taking part in the Cyber SwitchUp Finals 2025 at the University of Hull, having made it to the last few from over 4500 participants for the second year running.  Oliver qualified after taking part in the preliminary round at school as part of his…

New catering update

We’re delighted to announce that Mellors Catering Services are now the new caterers at Beckfoot Thornton. Our new menus can be viewed here. The Mellors team are excited to open their doors and bring fresh, tasty, and nutritious food to our school community.…

A Night at the Musicals!

We were thrilled to watch our students take part in our school show, ‘A Night at the Musicals’ on Wednesday this week. So much hard work had gone in! Huge congratulations to all that took part. We are very proud!

Year 10 Bradford College Experience Day

Year 10 students enjoyed their Bradford College Experience Day on the 25th of June. During the day they had an immersive experience including enrichment activities and workshops across two subjects of their choice .