Beckfoot School

Beckfoot School
Address
Map
Wagon Lane

Bingley
,
West Yorkshire
,
BD16 1EE

England
Coordinates53°50′29″N 1°49′45″W / 53.84138°N 1.82917°W / 53.84138; -1.82917
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN139975 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairJohn Winkley
HeadteacherSimon Wade
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,700
Colour(s)   Blue/Black
PublicationBeckfoot Buzz
Websitehttp://www.beckfoot.org

Beckfoot School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, 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 Schools 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[when?] taking part in the new fast-track Modern Foreign Language and Media Studies GCSE scheme.

Sixth Form

In the 4 June 2014 Ofsted inspection, the Sixth Form was awarded Grade 1 (Outstanding) status.[1] It offers students A Levels and BTEC national diploma. It has received controversy over the new uniform policy, students must wear suits, this includes both genders. Cultural clothing is banned as a result of it looking “too comfortable.”

Beckfoot Trust

Further information: 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.

The head of the Beckfoot Trust is David Horn, a former headteacher; his direct replacement, Gillian Halls, now also works for the Trust and was herself replaced by the current Headteacher Simon Wade.[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 to 2004[6]
  • Katie Pattison-Hart – member of the first female crew of five to row the Atlantic[7]

References

  1. ^ "Beckfoot School: School inspection report". Ofsted. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ "EduBase - Beckfoot Thornton". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ David Barnett. "Kimberley Walsh: 'How I've finally learned to love my curves'". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  4. ^ "Georgina Roberts". Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ "A wonderful Sports Awards evening". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
  6. ^ Determination to succeed! | Beckfoot School Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Katie's epic Atlantic row storms into record books". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 31 May 2015.