Beckfoot School
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| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Gillian Halls |
| Chair | John Winkley |
| Location |
Wagon Lane Bingley West Yorkshire BD16 1EE England 53°50′29″N 1°49′45″W / 53.84138°N 1.82917°WCoordinates: 53°50′29″N 1°49′45″W / 53.84138°N 1.82917°W |
| DfE URN | 139975 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,620 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Blue/Black |
| Publication | Beckfoot Buzz |
| Website | www.beckfoot.org |
Beckfoot School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.
The school has previously gained Technology College status, specialist school status in the Arts, Artsmark Gold and a Sportsmark Award. It also has a Charter Mark for services to the community and is a City Learning Centre. The school converted to academy status in August 2013. In December 2016, the school received World Class school quality mark. It is one of the three first schools in northern England to get the status.
Beckfoot School is also a training school that has attained 'Investors in People' and a 'School Achievement Award'. The school moved into new, purpose-built, premises in June 2011 and the old buildings were demolished in 2012. The new premises are shared with Hazelbeck School.
The school has above-average A*–C grades in GCSEs and is taking part in the new fast-track Modern Foreign Language and Media Studies GCSE scheme.
Sixth form
The School's sixth form was awarded Grade 1 (outstanding) status in its June 2014 Ofsted inspection.[1] Qualifications offered are A-Levels and BTEC national diploma.
Beckfoot Trust
As an academy, Beckfoot School is the founding school of the Beckfoot Trust, a multi-academy trust. Hazelbeck School joined the trust in 2013 and Beckfoot Upper Heaton in 2015. Beckfoot Thornton joined in 2016. Former head teacher, David Horn, is the head of the Beckfoot Trust, and was replaced with Gillian Halls as head teacher.[2]
Notable former pupils
- Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh – attended the school under its previous name of Beckfoot Grammar School[3]
- Georgina Roberts – England Ladies Rugby Union attended Beckfoot until 2002[4]
- Footballer Danny Ward – attended the school[5]
- Footballer James Hanson – attended the school from 1999–2004[6]
- Katie Pattison-Hart – member of the first female crew of five to row the Atlantic[7]
References
- ↑ "Beckfoot School: School inspection report" (PDF). Ofsted. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "EduBase - Beckfoot Thornton". Department for Education. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ David Barnett. "Kimberley Walsh: 'How I've finally learned to love my curves'". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
- ↑ "Georgina Roberts". RFU. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "A wonderful Sports Awards evening". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Determination to succeed! | Beckfoot School Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Katie's epic Atlantic row storms into record books". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 31 May 2015.