Beckfoot Thornton

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Beckfoot Thornton
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View towards the school (2007)
Address
Beckfoot Thornton
Leaventhorpe Lane

Thornton

Bradford
,
West Yorkshire
,
BD13 3BH

England
Coordinates 53°47′29″N1°49′18″W / 53.7913°N 1.8217°W / 53.7913; -1.8217
Information
Type Academy
MottoEnjoy Learn Succeed
Established2016
School districtThornton and Allerton
Local authority Bradford
Trust Beckfoot Trust
Department for Education URN 143114 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherSally Trusselle [1]
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,515 as of October 2015
Website http://www.beckfootthornton.org/

Beckfoot Thornton [2] (Thornton Grammar School until 2016) [3] is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England. [4]

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It is an Academy administered by Beckfoot Trust since 2016 and formerly a comprehensive foundation school administered by Bradford City Council and the Thornton Grammar and Queensbury School Learning Trust. It offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. [5]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Team" . Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "EduBase – Beckfoot Thornton". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "EduBase – Thornton Grammar School". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Thornton Grammar School". tgsonline.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sixth Form". tgsonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Profile – Amjad Bashir: Strength in diversity of city that inspired the man behind Zouk". Yorkshire Post. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Eric Bedford". Telegraph. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2017.


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