Dixons Cottingley Academy

Dixons Cottingley Academy
Type Academy
Trust Bradford College Education Trust
Principal Mrs Skelding
Location Cottingley New Road
Bingley
West Yorkshire
BD16 1TZ
England
53°49′49″N 1°49′03″W / 53.8304°N 1.8175°W / 53.8304; -1.8175Coordinates: 53°49′49″N 1°49′03″W / 53.8304°N 1.8175°W / 53.8304; -1.8175
Local authority Bradford
DfE URN 146198 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 712 as of October 2015
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Website School website

Dixons Cottingley Academy (formerly Samuel Lister Academy, Aire Valley School, Nab Wood School and originally Nab Wood Grammar School) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

Originally opened as Nab Wood Grammar School, latterly Nab Wood School part of the local education authority, it was later a foundation school administered by Bradford City Council and the Nab Wood Community Trust, Aire Valley School converted to academy status in April 2012 and was renamed after Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham, an inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.[2] It was later renamed Dixons Cottingley Academy. The school is now sponsored by Bradford College Education Trust,[3] but continues to coordinate with Bradford City Council for admissions.

Dixons Cottingley Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,[4] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[5] The school also has specialisms in science and the humanities.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dixons Cottingley Academy - Outstanding Outcomes For All". samuellister.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Lister". samuellister.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Samuel Lister Academy". bradfordcollegeeducationtrust.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Years 7 to 11". samuellister.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Post 16". samuellister.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Specialisms". samuellister.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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