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Beckfoot Thornton

Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

53°47′29″N 1°49′18″W / 53.7913°N 1.8217°W / 53.7913; -1.8217InformationTypeAcademyMottoEnjoy Learn SucceedEstablished2016School districtThornton and AllertonLocal authorityBradfordTrustBeckfoot TrustDepartment for Education URN143114 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherSally Trusselle ^[1]GenderMixedAge11 to 18Enrolment1,515 as of October 2015^[update]Websitehttp://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]

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

Amjad Bashir, politician^[6]
Eric Bedford, (1909–2001), architect^[7]
John Edward Fletcher, scholar
Robin Fox, anthropologist
Jack Kitching, rugby league player
Leon Pryce, rugby league player
Matt Clifford, entrepreneur

References

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