Bradford Beacon School
Bradford Beacon School is an independent special school in Bradford for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 15 pupils and room for 42.
Yorkshire Drive, Rooley Lane, Bradford, BD5 8LJ01274 509890bradfordbeaconschool.co.ukMrs Helen Rigby headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bradford council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newhall Park Primary School | Council | 600 m | 409 | Good 2021 | 58 | Compare |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 750 m | 338 | Requires improvement 2023 | – | Compare |
| Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy | Academy alternative provision converter | 750 m | 68 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
| Bowling Park Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 615 | Not inspected | 76 | Compare |
| Oastlers School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 179 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Bradford Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,549 | No overall grade 2025 | 5 | Compare |
| The Fountain School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 39 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan | Independent | 0.8 miles | 169 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bradford Beacon School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bradford Beacon School yet.
How many pupils does Bradford Beacon School have?
15 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 42 places, so it is 36% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Yorkshire Drive, Rooley Lane, Bradford, BD5 8LJ
- Telephone
- 01274 509890
- Website
- www.bradfordbeaconschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Rigby
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Ward
- Little Horton
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 23 September 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151879 · LAESTAB 3806021
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.