Cockburn School

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Cockburn School
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Address
Cockburn School
Parkside
Gipsy Lane

Beeston

Leeds
,
West Yorkshire
,
LS11 5TT

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoLearning For Life
Established7 July 1902 (1902-07-07)
Local authority Leeds City Council
TrustCockburn MAT
Department for Education URN 142585 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,262 (February 2022)
Website http://www.cockburnschool.org/

Cockburn School (formerly Cockburn High School) is a mixed secondary school located in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. [1]

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The original school on this site was Parkside secondary modern, [2] which was an all-boys school. The headmaster for much of the time was Mr C Wadsworth.

It was previously a foundation school administered by Leeds City Council and The Learning Trust (South Leeds). The Learning trust also includes Beeston Primary School, Clapgate Primary School, Hugh Gaitskell Primary School, Lane End Primary School, Middleton Primary School, Middleton St Mary's CE Primary School, St Philip's RC Primary School and Westwood Primary School. [3] However, Cockburn School was converted to academy status in February 2016. The school is now part of a multi-academy trust, and hopes that other schools within The Learning Trust (South Leeds) will convert to academy status and join the trust, whilst continuing to work closely with the partner schools. [4]

Cockburn School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. [5] The school also has a specialism in the performing arts.

History

Cockburn School was opened on 17 July 1902, [6] on land near the corner of Dewsbury Road and Burton Road. [7] [8] The site had previously housed Southern Higher Grade School. [9] Cockburn School was named after Sir George Cockburn, a former Chairman of the Leeds School Board. [7]

In the 1980s, the school moved to the former Parkside County Secondary School on Gipsy Lane. The original location of the school eventually became the site of Hunslet Moor Primary School. [8]

The school underwent a full refurbishment in 2010 under the Building Schools for the Future scheme, allowing 210 students per year group to be accommodated. [10] [11]

Cockburn School announced plans to become an academy in October 2015; [4] the conversion was completed in February 2016, under the Academies Act 2010. [12] In June 2016, the school became the founding member of the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust. [13]

School life

Cockburn School contains a business known as The Glassroom, developed by Education Leeds, in which students recycle unwanted glass to make new products. [14] The Glassroom produces a product each year to be presented at the White Rose Centre Community Awards. [15] [16]

Awards and recognition

In October 2019, the Arts Council awarded Cockburn School the Platinum level Artsmark. [17]

Notable former pupils

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  2. ↑ "Aerial View, Gipsy Lane, Parkside School". Leodis. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Trust Schools". cockburnschool.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Meeting hears of Cockburn's academy plans". South Leeds Life. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Curriculum". cockburnschool.org. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cockburn High School, Burton Road". Leodis. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. 1 2 Hutchinson, Andrew (26 November 2020). "Remembering Leeds – Cockburn High School". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Cockburn High School, play". Leodis. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Of the National Scholarships awarded this year". Yorkshire Evening Post. 29 August 1902. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cockburn School plans will deliver full curriculum to larger school". South Leeds Life. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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  12. ↑ Harford, Sean (6 February 2016). "Academy conversion and predecessor schools". Letter to Cockburn School. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Cockburn Multi Academy Trust". Get Information About Schools. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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