Belle Vue Girls' Academy

Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Location
Thorn Lane Bradford , West Yorkshire , BD9 6NA England
Coordinates	53°49′12″N1°48′48″W / 53.8201°N 1.8132°W / 53.8201; -1.8132
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1887
Local authority	Bradford
Department for Education URN	138087 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head of school	Mary Copeland
Gender	Girls
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	1200
Houses	Bronte, Curie, Ebadi, McMillian, Parks and Sanderson
Colours	Yellow, Purple, Orange, Red, Blue and Green
Website	https://bvgacademy.co.uk/

Belle Vue Girls' Academy (formerly Belle Vue Girls' School) is a girls' secondary school and sixth form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. ^[1]

History

The school was founded in 1877 as The Girls' Higher Grade School, on Manningham Lane. In 1904, the name was changed to Belle Vue Girls' Secondary School. During the First World War, the school offered additional evening classes for women who worked during the day in the factories. During the Second World War, the army briefly occupied the building, and the students were sent elsewhere. The school was moved to its present site in 1971, with Margaret Thatcher in attendance at the opening ceremony.

In 2008 Belle Vue Girls School became a Specialist in Languages and a Science College.

In 2011, there were nearly 1200 students on roll and nearly 300 in the Sixth form. The school has now been extended and there are eight new classrooms and a dance studio.

Previously a community school administered by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, in April 2012 Belle Vue Girls' School converted to academy status and was renamed Belle Vue Girls' Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust.

See also

• Beckfoot Upper Heaton (formerly Belle Vue Boys' School)

References

1. "Belle Vue Girls' Academy - Home".

• Department of Children, Schools and Families School Information ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Belle Vue Badminton Club in Bradford

External links

• School website