Cockburn School
{{Short description|Secondary school in Beeston, West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Distinguish|Cockburn John Charles Academy}}
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| name = Cockburn School
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| motto = Learning For Life
| established = {{Start date|1902|07|07|df=y}}
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| type = Academy
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| trust = Cockburn MAT
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| address = Parkside
Gipsy Lane
| location = Beeston
| city = Leeds
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| postcode = LS11 5TT
| county = West Yorkshire
| country = England
| local_authority = Leeds City Council
| dfeno = 383/4047
| urn = 142585
| ofsted = yes
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| enrolment = 1,262 (February 2022)
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
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Cockburn School (formerly Cockburn High School) is a mixed secondary school located in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.cockburnschool.org/|title=Cockburn School|work=cockburnschool.org|accessdate=7 November 2015}}
The original school on this site was Parkside secondary modern,{{cite web |title=Aerial View, Gipsy Lane, Parkside School |url=https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/98916 |website=Leodis |access-date=14 June 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cockburnschool.org/trust-schools|title=Trust Schools|work=cockburnschool.org|accessdate=7 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022015245/http://www.cockburnschool.org/trust-schools|archive-date=22 October 2015|url-status = dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.southleedslife.com/meeting-hears-of-cockburns-academy-plans/|title=Meeting hears of Cockburn's academy plans|date=20 October 2015|work=South Leeds Life|accessdate=14 April 2016}}
Cockburn School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.{{cite web|url=http://www.cockburnschool.org/curriculum|title=Curriculum|work=cockburnschool.org|accessdate=7 November 2015}} The school also has a specialism in the performing arts.
History
Cockburn School was opened on 17 July 1902,{{cite web |title=Cockburn High School, Burton Road |url=https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/105491 |website=Leodis |access-date=21 June 2022}} on land near the corner of Dewsbury Road and Burton Road.{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Andrew |title=Remembering Leeds – Cockburn High School |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/remembering-leeds-cockburn-high-school-3048042 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=26 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=Cockburn High School, play |url=https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/116321 |website=Leodis |access-date=21 June 2022}} The site had previously housed Southern Higher Grade School.{{cite news |title=Of the National Scholarships awarded this year |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19020829/048/0005 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=29 August 1902}} Cockburn School was named after Sir George Cockburn, a former chairman of the Leeds School Board.
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.
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.{{cite news |title=Cockburn School plans will deliver full curriculum to larger school |url=https://southleedslife.com/cockburn-school-plans-will-deliver-full-curriculum-to-larger-school/ |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=South Leeds Life |date=30 June 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Ginley |first1=Joanne |title=School marks start of £23mscheme to transform learning |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/school-marks-start-ps23mscheme-transform-learning-1956937 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=2 October 2010}}
Cockburn School announced plans to become an academy in October 2015; the conversion was completed in February 2016, under the Academies Act 2010.{{cite letter |first=Sean |last=Harford |subject=Academy conversion and predecessor schools |recipient=Cockburn School |date=6 February 2016 |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2540304 |access-date=21 June 2022 }}
In June 2016, the school became the founding member of the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust.{{cite web |title=Cockburn Multi Academy Trust |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Group/Details/16985 |website=Get Information About Schools |access-date=21 June 2022}}
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.{{cite web |title=In Brief: Abbeycrest appoints; DWF invests; Pupils show way; Yorkshire Radio boost; Gaming coup |url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/10935-in-brief-pupils-show-way-yorkshire-radio-boost-customer-tips-given-gaming-coup |website=The Business Desk |access-date=21 June 2022}} The Glassroom produces a product each year to be presented at the White Rose Centre Community Awards.{{cite news |title=Community heroes are rewarded by White Rose |url=https://southleedslife.com/community-heroes-rewarded-white-rose/ |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=South Leeds Life |date=27 October 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Laura |title=25 facts about White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds as it celebrates its silver anniversary |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/25-facts-about-white-rose-shopping-centre-in-leeds-as-it-celebrates-its-silver-anniversary-3625268 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=25 March 2022}}
Awards and recognition
In October 2019, the Arts Council awarded Cockburn School the Platinum level Artsmark.{{cite news |title=Cockburn School awarded Artsmark Platinum status |url=https://southleedslife.com/cockburn-school-awarded-artsmark-platinum-status/ |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=South Leeds Life |date=31 October 2019}}
Notable former pupils
- Norman Ackroyd, Artist
- Jordan Baldwinson, rugby league player{{cite news |last1=Morton |first1=Jeremy |title=Kevin Sinfield shares success tips with Cockburn students |url=https://southleedslife.com/kevin-sinfield-shares-success-tips-with-cockburn-students/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=South Leeds Life |date=6 September 2018}}
- Mandip Gill, actor{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Dany |title=The Transformation Of Mandip Gill From Childhood To Doctor Who |url=https://www.looper.com/408572/the-transformation-of-mandip-gill-from-childhood-to-doctor-who/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Looper |date=23 August 2021}}
- Willis Hall, playwright{{cite news |last1=Strachan |first1=Alan |title=Willis Hall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/willis-hall-528094.html |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=The Independent |date=12 March 2005}}
- Richard Hoggart, academic{{cite news |last1=Ezard |first1=John |title=Richard Hoggart obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/10/richard-hoggart |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=10 April 2014}}
- Harry Jepson, rugby league administrator{{cite news |title=Harry Jepson OBE: Rugby league mourns death of Leeds Rhinos president |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/harry-jepson-obe-rugby-league-mourns-death-leeds-rhinos-president-614979 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=29 August 2016}}
- Manasse Mampala, professional footballer
- Geoffrey Warnes, RAF squadron leader{{cite news |title=Cockburn School remembers the First World War |url=https://southleedslife.com/cockburn-school-remembers-first-world-war/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=South Leeds Life |date=21 July 2014}}
References
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