Beckfoot Thornton

{{Short description|Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}

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| name = Beckfoot Thornton

| image = Footpath to Thornton - geograph.org.uk - 400897.jpg

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| caption = View towards the school (2007)

| motto = Enjoy Learn Succeed

| established = 2016

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| type = Academy

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| trust = Beckfoot Trust

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| head_label = Headteacher

| head = Sally Trusselle {{cite web|url=https://www.beckfootthornton.org/about-us/our-school/our-team//|title=Our Team|access-date=27 October 2022}}

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| address = Leaventhorpe Lane

| location = Thornton

| city = Bradford

| district = Thornton and Allerton

| postcode = BD13 3BH

| county = West Yorkshire

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.7913|-1.8217|type:edu_region:GB-BRD_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}

| local_authority = Bradford

| dfeno = 380/4040

| urn = 143114

| ofsted = yes

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| enrolment = 1,515 {{As of|2015|10|lc=on}}

| gender = Mixed

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

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| website = http://www.beckfootthornton.org/

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Beckfoot Thornton{{cite web|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=143114|title=EduBase – Beckfoot Thornton|publisher=Department for Education|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113014810/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=143114|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status = dead}} (Thornton Grammar School until 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=107442|title=EduBase – Thornton Grammar School|publisher=Department for Education|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113014929/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=107442|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status=dead}} is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.tgsonline.co.uk/|title=Thornton Grammar School|work=tgsonline.co.uk|access-date=16 October 2015}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tgsonline.co.uk/page/?title=Sixth+Form&pid=7|title=Sixth Form|work=tgsonline.co.uk|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111459/http://www.tgsonline.co.uk/page/?title=Sixth+Form&pid=7|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status = dead}}

Notable former pupils

  • Amjad Bashir, politician{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/profile-amjad-bashir-strength-in-diversity-of-city-that-inspired-the-man-behind-zouk-1-2585829|title=Profile – Amjad Bashir: Strength in diversity of city that inspired the man behind Zouk|work=Yorkshire Post|date=24 August 2010|access-date=15 January 2018}}
  • Eric Bedford, (1909–2001), architect{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1336678/Eric-Bedford.html |title=Eric Bedford |newspaper=Telegraph |date=8 August 2001 |access-date=22 January 2017}}
  • John Edward Fletcher, scholar
  • Robin Fox, anthropologist
  • Jack Kitching, rugby league player
  • Leon Pryce, rugby league player
  • Matt Clifford, entrepreneur

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