Benton Park School

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Benton Park School
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Benton Park School in 2009
Address
Benton Park School
Harrogate Road

Rawdon
,
West Yorkshire
,
LS19 6LX

England
Coordinates 53°51′21″N1°40′58″W / 53.8558°N 1.6829°W / 53.8558; -1.6829
Information
Type Community school
Established11 March 1961
Local authority Leeds City Council
Department for Education URN 108083 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherNicholas Skilton
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,496 as of February 2023
Website http://www.bentonpark.org.uk

Benton Park School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rawdon, West Yorkshire, England. Formerly a technology college, it has over 1,400 students.

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Status and awards

The school achieved Beacon status in 1998. [1] The school gained Technology College status in 2002, after the head teacher advertised in Private Eye for sponsorship for the Technology College application [2]

Awards received include Sportsmark Award, Artsmark Gold and International School Award. [1]

History

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Advertisement for Benton Park School with a line drawing of the building.

Benton Park school was built in the grounds of old Benton Park house. The school was established by Joseph Riley in 1838 and by 1851 he had 33 boys in residence. His son John was also a teacher there. [3] In the 1860s it was bought by the Milligan family for use as a private home and was not used as an educational establishment until Littlemoor School utilized the premises as a senior department from 1951 until 1957 when the building was demolished.

The new school was built in contemporary brutalist style by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners in the late 1950s and early 1960s, being formally opened by Lord ST. Oswald on Saturday 11 March 1961. [4] In 2015, the Yorkshire Evening Post published an investigation into the risks posed by asbestos in the structure of the main school building. [5] Consequently, in February 2019, Leeds City Council approved a £20 million project to rebuild the school, citing the poor condition of some of the school buildings. [6] Building for the project began in June 2020. [7] The new school building opened to students on 3 November 2021 [8] and demolition of the old building began in March 2022. [9]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ Cassidy, Sarah (9 June 2001). "School head advertises in 'Private Eye' for sponsors". The Independent . Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Benton Park House 1875". Airborough Historical Society. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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  5. ↑ "Leeds School's Health and Safety Failings Exposed". The Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Beecham, Richard (13 February 2019). "£20m revamp of Benton Park School gets green light". LeedsLive. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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