Beckfoot Thornton

Beckfoot Thornton[2] (Thornton Grammar School until 2016)[3] is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England.[4]

Beckfoot Thornton
View towards the school (2007)
Address
Leaventhorpe Lane

Thornton

Bradford
,
West Yorkshire
,
BD13 3BH

England
Coordinates53.7913°N 1.8217°W / 53.7913; -1.8217
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2016
Local authorityBradford
TrustBeckfoot Trust
Department for Education URN143114 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherJeremy Richardson[1]
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,515 as of October 2015
Websitehttp://www.beckfootthornton.org/

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

References
  1. "Welcome from Jeremy Richardson". Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. "EduBase – Beckfoot Thornton". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. "EduBase – Thornton Grammar School". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. "Thornton Grammar School". tgsonline.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. "Sixth Form". tgsonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. "Profile – Amjad Bashir: Strength in diversity of city that inspired the man behind Zouk". Yorkshire Post. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. "Eric Bedford". Telegraph. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2017.



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