Beckfoot Oakbank

Last updated

Beckfoot Oakbank
Oakbank School - viewed from Ingrow Lane (geograph 4528487).jpg
Address
Beckfoot Oakbank
Oakworth Road

, ,
BD22 7DU

England
Coordinates 53°51′16″N1°55′37″W / 53.854506°N 1.926825°W / 53.854506; -1.926825
Information
Type Academy
Established1871;153 years ago (1871) as Keighley Trade and Grammar School
Local authority City of Bradford
Trust Beckfoot Trust
Department for Education URN 143112 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherLiz Hart [1]
Staff200
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,597 pupils
Website http://www.oakbank.org.uk

Beckfoot Oakbank is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. [2] It is situated near Ingrow Lane on Oakworth Road (B6143) in the west of Keighley.

Contents

History

Grammar school

Oakbank was founded from the Drake and Tonson School as Keighley Trade and Grammar School (KT & GS) in 1871. It became Keighley Boys' Grammar School (KBGS) on Alice Street at an unidentified date after 1922. A 1916 newspaper article calls it KT & GS and in 1922 pupil Harry Whitaker from Cowling was awarded a gold medal marked “KT & GS Junior Champion 1922”

Following a fire in 1962 in the Mechanics' Institute (which also provided the school with its assembly hall and some classrooms) new buildings were built in 1964. Parents and staff over a 4-year period also raised £25,000 for the original swimming pool, now built over. On its move it became firstly and rather confusingly Keighley School for a few years despite still being a grammar, then in 1968 became Oakbank Grammar School with new uniform and oak leaf badge, when administered under Keighley Committee for Education. It is perhaps ironic that the name change to Oakbank Grammar coincided with its change to comprehensive status. Sixth form retained the green blazers with white stripes at this time, and a "third year sixth" was offered for Oxford and Cambridge candidates to prepare.

Comprehensive

It became a co-educational school in 1967 with one year's intake of sixth form girls, then the following year in 1968 a comprehensive school for ages 14 to 18, under the new name Oakbank Grammar School. The move from a boys' grammar school was phased over a few years with new co-ed comprehensive intakes in what was then known as the Fourth Form. It changed its name to Oakbank School in 1990. During the same period of time[ further explanation needed ] the school, with pupils aged 13 to 19, moved to its current site from Bronte Upper School. In 2000 it became a secondary school for 11- to 19-year-olds through a re-organisation of British schools.

It became a Sports College in 1997, and gained Technology College accreditation in 2004.

The school was visited by former Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe.[ when? ]

Academy

Previously a foundation school administered by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, in September 2016 Oakbank School converted to academy status and was renamed Beckfoot Oakbank. The school is now sponsored by the Beckfoot Trust.

Curriculum

The school has been graded as satisfactory or better in all areas of the curriculum in its last two Ofsted inspections. Around 52% of pupils achieved five A* to C grade passes at GCSE in 2008.

Sixth form and Cove

Oakbank pupils have the choice of staying on to sixth form for further study and to gain further qualifications. In 2003 the new six form block opened, facilitating a higher number of pupils. In 2004 the Cove Centre of Vocational Excellence building was opened to provide more space

Notable former pupils

Keighley Boys' Grammar School

Notable former staff

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Crossley Heath School</span> Grammar academy in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

The Crossley Heath School is an 11–18 co-educational, grammar school and sixth form with academy status in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1985 following the amalgamation of Heath Grammar School and Crossley and Porter School. It is part of The Crossley Heath School Academy Trust Limited.

Lincolnshire is one of the few counties within the UK that still uses the eleven-plus to decide who may attend grammar school, in common with Buckinghamshire and Kent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Asa Briggs</span> English historian (1921–2016)

Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian of broadcasting in Britain. Briggs achieved international recognition during his long and prolific career for examining various aspects of modern British history. He became a life peer in 1976.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cardiff High School</span> Secondary school in Cardiff, Wales

Cardiff High School is a comprehensive school in the Cyncoed area of Cardiff, Wales. Stephen Jones has been Headteacher since 2011.

Clapham College was a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys in South London.

Q3 Academy Langley is a coeducational secondary school located in the Langley Green area of Oldbury in the West Midlands of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oasis Academy Wintringham</span> School in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England

Oasis Academy Wintringham is a secondary school (academy) on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is just off the A16 Peaks Parkway just south-west of the A46 crossroads next to the Lisle Marsden CE Primary School in Wellow and on the Grimsby-Cleethorpes boundary. The school was originally a religious foundation, and lies in the ecclesiastical parish of St Augustine of Hippo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boundstone Community College</span> School in Sompting, West Sussex, England

Boundstone Community College was a co-educational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with around 1,000 pupils, including over 100 in the Sixth Form, which served the communities of Lancing and Sompting. The school closed on 31 August 2009, being replaced by the Sir Robert Woodard Academy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City of Norwich School</span> Sixth form and secondary school in Norfolk, England

The City of Norwich School, more commonly known as CNS, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Norwich, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richmond Park Academy</span> School in Richmond upon Thames, London, England

Richmond Park Academy is a secondary school with an academy status in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The school is part of the Academies Enterprise Trust academy chain.

Retford Oaks Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the market town of Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, situated in the district of Bassetlaw.

Outwood Academy Danum is an academy school serving the east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Danum is the Roman name for Doncaster.

Sir Wilfred Halliday Cockcroft was an eminent mathematics educator from the University of Hull.

Sir Swire Smith was an English woollen manufacturer, educationalist and Liberal Party politician. In many ways he was typical of the public-spirited, self-made Victorian. Of nonconformist lineage, he believed in social and intellectual improvement, the virtues of hard work and thrift and the role of the Liberal Party in the encouragement and promotion of this ethic.

Hanson Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth-form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">King's Norton Boys' School</span> Secondary school in Birmingham, England

King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys, is a secondary school for around 800 pupils aged 11 to 16. It is located in Northfield Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield near the centre of the city of Birmingham, England. It is situated east of the A441, just north of the B4121 in Cotteridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outwood Academy Adwick</span> Academy in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

Outwood Academy Adwick is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England. It has a comprehensive admissions policy, with 1,080 pupils on roll as of 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beckfoot Thornton</span> Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Beckfoot Thornton is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England.

Wednesfield Grammar School was a grammar school in Wednesfield in the West Midlands of England. It opened on the Wednesfield site in 1960; and merged with March End Secondary Modern in 1969 to form Wednesfield High School.

References

  1. "Welcome from the Headteacher". Beckfoot Oakbank School. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. "Oakbank School Home Page". oakbank.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. "Obituary, Asa Binns, 1873-1946". Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 26 (8): 541. October 1946. doi:10.1680/ijoti.1946.13703. ISSN   0368-2455.
  4. "Keighley's Captain Tom Moore raises over £9m for NHS". Telegraph and Argus. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.