Important

GCSE Results Day

]GCSEGCSE Results Day, Thursday 21st August 2025. Students should come to the sports hall via the Zara Sports Centre entrance between 9.30am - 11.00am

Returning to school

School will start for Year 7 and 11 ONLY on Wednesday 3rd September, and for all students on Thursday 4th September

Governance Arrangements

Board of Trustees

The Trust has one Board of Directors/Trustees with a skill-set covering school improvement and commercial effectiveness. 

The Board ensures schools are held to account and realise the benefits of scale that come from working in partnership.

The Beckfoot Trust Board, the Members of the Company and Committees are responsible for ensuring its compliance with Corporate and Charity legislative requirements.  

The governance structure of the Beckfoot Trust is described in our scheme of delegation.

Click hereOpen in new window to view the Trust Master Funding Agreement as well as Beckfoot Upper Heaton’s Funding Agreement.

Find out more on the Beckfoot Trust Website

Local School Committee

The main duties of the Local School Committee are to:
  1. Taking responsibility for challenging the Headteacher to account for ensuring the following areas are a priority of school life
  • Educational standards
  • Health and safety audits and key data/information
  • Safeguarding local protocols, audits and data
  • Effective community and family engagement
  • Staff engagement, welfare and wellbeing
  • Student engagement, welfare and wellbeing
  1. Be aware, of understand and advocate for the school’s progress
  2. Consider and monitor the local implementation of Trust policies and protocols