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A staffing update from Mrs Gunning Year 1 After the Spring Bank break Mrs Bennett will be returning from maternity leave and so Miss Cowgill will unfortunately be leaving us.  We have really enjoyed having Miss Cowgill as part of…

The 80th anniversary of VE Day was marked on Thursday 8th May 2025 – signaling eight decades since the end of the Second World War in Europe. Children celebrated with a special assembly and a 2 minute silence at 12:00pm. Diary…

If you missed our news this week on Class Dojo, we would like to send a couple of “thank you” message to our families. United Reformed Church Easter Gardens With 18 entries to the URC Easter Garden Competition, we were…

We are delighted to share with you the outcome of Beckfoot School’s most recent Ofsted inspection, which took place on 18th and 19th March 2025. Ofsted found Beckfoot School are to remain ‘Outstanding’ in all areas.  Beckfoot School – Ofsted Inspection update…

We hope our children and their families had a restful Easter break, we were delighted to welcome all our children and families back to school on Tuesday ready for the summer term. We have a busy one ahead so please…

Our FREE breakfast club launched this week at Beckfoot Priestthorpe with many of our children being able to access a healthy, nutritious breakfast before they start school. Places are available from 8:00am with children having a selection of cereals and…

We currently have a vacancy for a community member for our Local School Committee (LSC). Members would join our governance community and support our school.   The main purpose of the LSC on behalf of the Beckfoot Trust Board is to…

We were delighted to participate in the Bradford City of Culture 25 for 25 Spring Clean at the end of March, taking time away from the classrooms to go litter pick across Bingley and help improve the local area. The…

One Trust Culture Day This week we decided to extend our ‘One Trust Culture Day’ to a week, celebrating our cultures and what makes us who we are. Every afternoon this week, children have looked at our Individual Cultures, or…

Bradford City of Culture 2025 This year we have been taking part in different initiatives to celebrate Bradford 2025, City of Culture. This week we teamed up with other primary schools in the area and joined Bradford City of Culture…

A polite reminder to families about road safety If your child walks to school every morning, please can parents and carers make sure they speak to them about road safety as we have had reports that some children are not…

Well what another fantastic World Book Day we had this year, a big thank you to everyone for making the effort with costumes and donating a book. Our children had a lovely day and it was great to see lots…

We are delighted to let you know that 8 children from Year 5 and 6 at Beckfoot Priestthorpe have qualified for the Inter-League race between the NBL, Keighley and Craven League, and the Wharfedale League at Cliffe Castle on Thursday…

Dear Parents, Carers and families, We say goodbye to Mrs Sharp I have some sad news to share with you, after 10 years, Mrs Sharp has decided to move on to a new challenge at Shipley College. Her last day…

Well what another fantastic World Book Day we had this week, a big thank you to everyone for making the effort with costumes and donating a book. Our children had a lovely day and it was great to see lots…

Message from Mrs Gunning It has been wonderful to be back at school since my return to work and I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to all of the children, staff and parents who have welcomed…

We are pleased to announce Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery are one of few Bradford schools to offer free breakfast clubs for pupils as part of the Government’s flagship scheme. Parents will be able to drop off their children…

As it is our final newsletter of this half term, we are delighted to share this half terms highlights. Firstly, we would like to thank you as parents and carers for your support, especially at the start of January with…

What a wonderfully busy week we have had in school this week. Monday started with a visit from author Emily Parkin who wrote and illustrated the book “Titus Salt and How He Built Saltaire”, she read her book to our…

We were pleased to be joined in school by Jane, a trained educator from SCARF for two days this week supporting our PSHE curriculum. Jane delivered several workshops across all years groups on Monday and Tuesday. She covered key topics…

We are continuing our whole school programme with Happy Minds, helping children understand how their brains work and creating a culture that helps children to build resilience, confidence, and self-esteem. Since we have returned to school, we have been focusing…

Bradford 2025 is set to be an electrifying year and children at Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School were delighted to get involved with Grue, a fun and immersive installation experience designed by Yorkshire-based designer and artist Steve Wintercroft and produced by…

Welcome back to all our children and families, it was great to see children return to school after the disruption caused last week. There has been a lovely buzz around the school and it is clear they’ve enjoyed the holidays.…