Beckfoot School
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Beckfoot School is a comprehensive school
in Bingley
, West Yorkshire
with Technology College
status, specialist school status in the Arts, Artsmark Gold and a Sportsmark Award. It also has a Charter Mark
for services to the community and is a City Learning Centre
. Beckfoot School is also a training school that has attained 'Investors in People
' and a 'School Achievement Award'.
The school has applied for Academy
Status which the Headteacher, David Horn, is Confident the school will achieve.
The school has above average A*–C grades in GCSEs and is taking part in the new fast-track Modern Foreign Language and Media Studies GCSE scheme.
The qualifications offered are the Traditional A-Levels and the new BTEC national diploma.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Bingley
Bingley
Bingley is a market town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
with Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
status, specialist school status in the Arts, Artsmark Gold and a Sportsmark Award. It also has a Charter Mark
Charter Mark
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for services to the community and is a City Learning Centre
City Learning Centre
A City Learning Centre is a facility in the United Kingdom which provides state-of-the-art ICT-based learning opportunities for the pupils at the host school, for pupils at a network of surrounding schools and for the wider community...
. Beckfoot School is also a training school that has attained 'Investors in People
Investors in People
Launched in 1991 Investors in People is a business improvement tool administered by UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ....
' and a 'School Achievement Award'.
The school has applied for Academy
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
Status which the Headteacher, David Horn, is Confident the school will achieve.
The school has above average A*–C grades in GCSEs and is taking part in the new fast-track Modern Foreign Language and Media Studies GCSE scheme.
Sixth form
The School's sixth form was awarded "outstanding" status in its recent OFSTED inspection.The qualifications offered are the Traditional A-Levels and the new BTEC national diploma.
Specialisms
- Technology CollegeTechnology CollegeTechnology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
Status - Students are required to take at least one technology subject for GCSE. - Arts CollegeArts CollegeArts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
Status - FairTrade Schools Status - The school is one of the first in the North to be awarded this status, over 80% of the food sold in the school cafeteria is FairTrade.
- A Green Flag eco-School
Notable pupils
- Girls Aloud star Kimberley WalshKimberley WalshKimberley Jane Walsh is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, television presenter and actress. She is best known for being a member of girl group Girls Aloud, formed through ITV's reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals...
attended the school under its previous name of Beckfoot Grammar School. - Georgina RobertsGeorgina RobertsGeorgina Elizabeth Anne Roberts is a member of the England women's rugby union squad. Roberts was educated at Beckfoot School, and started playing rugby at the University of Bath after she missed a flight to a skeleton bobsleigh competition in the Netherlands at the age of 19...
- England Ladies Rugby Union attended Beckfoot until 2002. - Footballer Danny Ward (footballer)Danny Ward (footballer)Daniel Carl "Danny" Ward is an English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town, as a forward and winger.-Bolton Wanderers:...
attended the school.