Beckfoot Nessfield
Academy sponsor led primary school in Keighley (Bradford).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Beckfoot Nessfield is a primary school located in Keighley, Bradford. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 269 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 480. It is part of the BECKFOOT TRUST. The school is led by Ms Linda Hanson.
Key facts
- URN
- 146281
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
Governing body (6 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Millen Mitchell | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Gareth Medd Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gareth Medd | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2028 |
| Mr John Wilson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Gemma Parker | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Diane Fairfax Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Linda Hanson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mr Millen Mitchell Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record