Beckfoot School

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Beckfoot School
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Address
Beckfoot School
Wagon Lane

Bingley
,
West Yorkshire
,
BD16 1EE

England
Coordinates 53°50′29″N1°49′45″W / 53.84138°N 1.82917°W / 53.84138; -1.82917
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 139975 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairJohn Winkley
HeadteacherSimon Wade
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,700
Colour(s)   Blue/Black
PublicationBeckfoot Buzz
Website http://www.beckfoot.org

Beckfoot School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.

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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.

Despite the high volume of diversity in the school, 78% of students of colour have experienced racism, and have had no response from teachers. A member on the sixth form team; Miss Bannon has a son who attends. This boy is constantly using the “p slur”

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

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

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  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.
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