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We’ve had a fantastic week in school, albeit a very warm one! We ended the week by celebrating our children in our End of Year Pride of Priestthorpe Awards. These special awards recognised children who consistently do the right thing,…

What a hot week! What a week it has been! We are incredibly proud of how well all of the children have coped with the very warm weather. They have shown great resilience, maturity and positivity throughout the whole week.…

This week has been a little quieter in school, although there has still been lots of great learning taking place across the school. A huge well done to our Year 1 children for completing their Phonics Screening Check and to…

What a wonderful first week back! Wow – what a fantastic start to the Summer Term! We have certainly come back with a bang and the school has been buzzing with excitement. The week began on a high note with…

It has been another busy and positive week at school. Children across school have taken part in “Try, Learn, Thrive” sessions as part of the Keep Learning theme from the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. These sessions encouraged children to try…

What a week it has been for our Year 6 children as they completed their SATs! We are so incredibly proud of every single one of them. A huge thank you to all of our amazing staff for their support,…

As we approach SATs week, we would like to wish all of our Year 6 children the very best of luck. They have worked incredibly hard throughout the year and we are extremely proud of everything they have achieved already,…

We’ve had a wonderful week at school, made even more enjoyable by the lovely weather, which has allowed us to spend more time outdoors. We are very proud of our Play Leaders, who have begun working towards their Play Leader…

It has been a wonderfully busy and positive week at school! On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome the All Together Choir, who sang alongside all of our children in a special assembly – a fantastic opportunity for everyone to…

Welcome back after the Easter break! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday. It has been a great to welcome the children back into school — there has been a fantastic buzz around the classrooms as everyone has settled…

Message from Mrs Gunning Dear parents, carers and families, As we come to the end of term two of this academic year, I want to extend my gratitude and appreciation to every single member of our Beckfoot Priestthorpe School community. …

What a fantastic time we had celebrating World Book Day! 📚✨ The children looked amazing in their brilliant costumes and cosy pyjamas, and it was wonderful to see so many families join us. A big thank you to everyone who was…

It’s been a busy and positive first week back, with great attendance. It has been wonderful to see the children back in class, settled and ready to learn! Year 5 have begun their swimming lessons and have made a fantastic…

Big thank you from Mrs Gunning I would like to say a big thank you our FOPPS team for a fantastic Neon Disco last night – always a favourite with the children! A great deal of hard work and dedication…

This week, children enjoyed valuable learning experiences beyond the classroom. Year 1 visited Bingley Library, Year 2 explored habitats on our school field, and Year 3 had an exciting visit to Cliffe Castle. School trips play an important role in…

Pre-Loved Shop – Donations WelcomeWe are always grateful for donations to our pre-loved shop, especially trousers, jumpers and PE kits for older children. Please drop these into the school office if you have any donations. We currently have a great…

School library and book-changing arrangements We are pleased to share some updates about our new school library and book-changing arrangements. We are excited to welcome our new librarians from Key Stage 2, who will be helping to run the library and inspire younger children.…

Happy New Year and welcome back to all our families We are delighted to see everyone return and are looking forward to a positive start to January. You may notice some new faces around school, we are pleased to welcome…

Message from Mrs Gunning Welcome to our final newsletter of 2025.  As we approach the end of the year and a very long and busy term in school, I have been reflecting on everything that we have experienced and learned.  …

We’ve had a lovely week in school, and it’s great to see attendance has much improved, thank you for your support. It is lovely to see the children bouncing back and showing much energy and enthusiasm for learning. Early Years…

We have had a wonderful week in school. Our Year 4 children enjoyed meeting with the Friends of Jerr Wood for a bulb planting session, and they represented the school brilliantly. We hope to offer many more opportunities for our…

What a wonderful, fun-filled week at school! On Sunday, several of our children proudly joined Mrs Gunning at the Remembrance Parade to pay their respects. They represented our school beautifully, showing maturity, kindness, and a strong sense of community. This…

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a lovely half-term break and enjoyed the Bonfire Night celebrations. Year 3 have started the new term with an exciting trip to Nell Bank, setting the tone for a busy few weeks ahead. Next…

It’s been a jam-packed and exciting first half term, and we’re so proud of everything our pupils have achieved. One of our highlights has been seeing every year group step outside the classroom on a school trip, with each visit…

🎉 Our Library is Officially Open! 📚 We are thrilled that our brand-new school library is now open! To mark this special occasion, we were honoured to welcome Kate Pankhurst, acclaimed children’s author and illustrator, who officially cut the ribbon…

Today marked an exciting milestone for Beckfoot Priestthorpe as we officially opened our brand-new school library! The event was made even more special thanks to a visit from Kate Pankhurst, author of the Fantastically Great Women series. Kate cut the…

World Mental Health Day Today, we came together as a school to recognise World Mental Health Day, with a special focus on children’s mental health and the importance of looking after our emotional wellbeing. Mrs Noutch did a special assembly…

Thank You for Joining Our Coffee Morning! A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our coffee morning on Thursday — it was wonderful to see so many of you there. These informal gatherings are a great way…

Parent Drop-In Sessions Starting next week and running at the end of every month, we warmly invite all parents and carers to our monthly drop-in sessions. Please see Class Dojo for more information. These sessions are a great opportunity to:…

🌲 Year 5’s First Residential at Blackhills! 🌲 Our Year 5 pupils kicked off the year with an exciting and adventurous residential trip to Blackhills! From den building and fire lighting to woodland walks, pupils had the chance to explore…

Welcome to the New School Year! We’re so pleased to be back and already into the swing of things as the new school year begins! It’s been wonderful to see our classrooms filled with energy, curiosity, and the happy buzz…

Beckfoot School are delighted to invite students from Beckfoot Priestthorpe to their annual open evening on: 📅 Thursday 11 September 2025🕠 5.30pm – 7.30pm📍 Beckfoot School (parking available at the front and rear of school, with additional parking at Bradford…

We’re excited to let you know that September’s Wraparound Clubs are now available to book at Beckfoot Priestthorpe! Book your child’s place here: You may notice the timetables and flyers are currently marked as “under construction” as Kanga work…

Some final words from Mrs Gunning Dear Parents, carers and our wonderful pupils, As we approach the end of another academic year, it’s a natural time to reflect on all that we’ve achieved and to look ahead to the future. …

A huge thank you to FOPPS A huge thank you to FOPPS, all the parent volunteers and staff that helped put together a brilliant Summer Fair last Friday. It was full of fun, laughter and community spirit, thank you to…

A special music assembly! On Thursday we had a very special visitor from Beckfoot School – a talented pupil who plays violin with the National Youth Orchestra! He shared his incredible journey from first picking up the violin to performing…

SPORTS DAY 2025 Despite the wet weather, our 2 day Sports Day was a fantastic display of energy and enthusiasm. We started with our Early Years children on Wednesday, they were all smiles as they took part in the bean…

Music Collaboration We are thrilled to announce a special musical collaboration! Our school choir and Beckfoot School’s school choir are joining voices to perform a beautiful piece for Beckfoot’s Summer Serenade Concert on Thursday 10th July at 6:00pm. Tickets will…

Our Year 6’s ‘Grow a Pound’ initiative 2025 For those new to the initiative, our FOPPS team provide each child with £1 and challenge them to come up with a way of using that £1 to make more money. This year…

Year 5 pupils had the exciting opportunity to take part in Beckfoot School’s annual Sports Day. The event offered not only a chance to get active and have fun, but also to connect with the wider Beckfoot community and gain…

A sad farewell to Mrs Bennett After ten wonderful years at Beckfoot Priestthorpe, Mrs. Bennett has decided it’s time for a new chapter. She will be leaving us at the end of this academic year to take on a role…

We were pleased to welcome Anna Dixon MP to school on the last day of half term. As we are one of a few schools selected to run a Free Breakfast Club as part of the governments Plan for Change, she wanted to…

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.…

On Monday 14th October 2024 we celebrated our Harvest Festival with each class presenting something special in our assembly. Early Years, Year 1 and Year 6 performed separate songs. Year 2 presented some art work. Year 3 and Year 5…

On Saturday the 12th of October we welcomed families from our local community for a day filled with exciting and enriching fun at Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary school. Activities included: It was amazing to welcome so many families and young people…

What a lovely afternoon we had on Friday the 27th of September, as we gathered our school community for another successful Macmillan Coffee Morning. We were delighted to see so many of our families attend, and are very pleased to…

At Beckfoot Priestthorpe, we provide exceptional catering services with our partners FM Catering. On Thursday the 19th of September, we received an unexpected visit from Bradford Metropolitan Council, and we are delighted to announce that they awarded our school with…

On Monday the 23rd of September, we welcomed our parents and carers to meet their child’s new teachers and explore their child’s learning environments and classrooms. Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us after school.

While we welcomed students back to school in September, we also welcomed our amazing parents and carers. Our September back to school coffee mornings were a great way to bring our school community together, and we were so pleased to…