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…