Beckfoot Upper Heaton

Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
	The new school buildings under construction (2016)
Address
	Thorn Lane; Bingley Road; Bradford , West Yorkshire , BD9 6ND; England
Coordinates	53°49′08″N1°48′43″W / 53.819°N 1.812°W
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1877
Local authority	City of Bradford
Trust	Beckfoot Trust
Department for Education URN	142031 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11to 16
Website	http://www.beckfootupperheaton.org/

Last updated October 27, 2024

Beckfoot Upper Heaton (formerly Belle Vue Boys' School) is a co-educational secondary school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the Hallmark Cards factory, not far from Bingley Road (B6269).

History

The school was founded in 1877 and was officially opened (including the girls' section) on 12 August 1879 by William Edward Forster, the local MP. It moved to the present site in 1964, as a boys secondary grammar school. It was known as Belle Vue High School from 1896^{[ citation needed ]}. In 1918, the junior and infants section closed, with the buildings being taken over. From 1966 it became a comprehensive. It had four houses – Dunwell, Hirst, Holroyd and Parry.

Previously a community school administered by Bradford City Council, Belle Vue Boys' School converted to academy status in September 2015 and was renamed Beckfoot Upper Heaton. The school is now sponsored by the Beckfoot Trust,^[2] but continues to coordinate with Bradford City Council for admissions.

Notable former pupils

Belle Vue Boys' School

Adil Rashid – Yorkshire and England cricket player
Marsha Singh 1954– 2012 – Labour MP for Bradford West (includes the school) 1997 to 2012

Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School

Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool
Mike Batt, Composer and music producer
Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, OBE – politician and member of the House of Lords.
Sir Reginald Bailey CBE – former President of the British Wool Federation
Sir James Birrell FCA – Chief Executive from 1988 to 1993 of the Halifax Building Society
Sydney Burton – Managing Director from 1975 to 1981 of the Gateway Building Society (bought by The Woolwich in 1988) and President from 1976 to 1977 of the Building Societies Institute (became the CBSI in 1979 and then became part of the Chartered Institute of Bankers)
David Butterfield, Archdeacon of the East Riding from 2007 to 2014
Trevor Croft – Director from 1997 to 2001 of the National Trust for Scotland
Satnam Singh Gill OBE Principal Working Men's College London from 1999
James Hill (British director), film director of 1966 Born Free
Philip Hobsbaum, poet and literary scholar
Norman Crowther Hunt, Baron Crowther-Hunt of Eccleshill – former Labour education minister from 1974 to 1976, Rector from 1982 to 1987 of Exeter College, Oxford
Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings – President from 1991 to 1994 of the International Court of Justice
George Layton, actor – starred in Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Geoffrey Myers CBE – British Rail executive and chairman from 1987 to 1995 of Transaid
Prof John Needham – Professor of Architecture from 1957 to 1972 at the University of Sheffield
Maurice Peston, Baron Peston (briefly), economist at Queen Mary College, and father of Robert Peston
J. B. Priestley OM, writer, who wrote Time and the Conways , and Freeman of the City of Bradford
Simon Rouse – actor who played Jack Meadows in The Bill
Jack Schofield – former computer editor, The Guardian
Sydney Smith CBE – chairman from 1956 to 1965 of the Scottish Gas Board and from 1952 to 1956 of the East Midlands Gas Board
Prof Fred Watson AM – astronomer
Fielding West – Labour MP from 1934 to 1935 for Hammersmith North and from 1929 to 1931 Kensington North

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References

↑ "Great News – New Building Plans Agreed". beckfootupperheaton.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
↑ "Beckfoot Upper Heaton - Archive - Beckfoot Trust". beckfootupperheaton.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.

External links

Beckfoot Upper Heaton official website

News items

Former school site to open as a Muslim school in May 2004

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[1] "Great News – New Building Plans Agreed". beckfootupperheaton.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[2] "Beckfoot Upper Heaton - Archive - Beckfoot Trust". beckfootupperheaton.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.

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Primary schools	Appleton Academy Bradford Academy Bradford Girls' Grammar School Dixons Allerton Academy
Secondary schools	Appleton Academy Beckfoot Oakbank Beckfoot School Beckfoot Thornton Beckfoot Upper Heaton Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bingley Grammar School Bradford Academy Bradford Girls' Grammar School Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Carlton Bolling College Carlton Keighley Co-op Academy Grange Dixons Allerton Academy Dixons City Academy Dixons Cottingley Academy Dixons Kings Academy Feversham Girls' Academy Hanson Academy Holy Family Catholic School Ilkley Grammar School Immanuel College Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Oasis Academy Lister Park Parkside School St Bede's & St Joseph's Catholic College Titus Salt School Tong Leadership Academy Trinity Academy Bradford
Independent schools	Bradford Christian School Bradford Grammar School
Further education	Bradford College Keighley College Shipley College
Defunct schools	St Bede's Grammar School St Joseph's Catholic College

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