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Established
  
2016

Trust
  
Beckfoot Trust

Phone
  
+44 1274 881082

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Type
  
Academy

DfE number
  
380/4040

Founded
  
2016

Headteacher
  
Jeremy Richardson - Interim

Location
  
Leaventhorpe Lane Thornton Bradford West Yorkshire BD13 3BH England

Address
  
Leaventhorpe La, Bradford BD13 3BH, United Kingdom

Local authority
  
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Similar
  
Queensb School, Beckfoot School, Bingley Grammar School, Titus Salt School, Hanson Academy

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

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.

Notable former pupils

  • Amjad Bashir, politician
  • Eric Bedford, (1909-2001), architect
  • John Edward Fletcher, scholar
  • Jack Kitching, rugby league player
  • Leon Pryce, Rugby League player
  • References

    Beckfoot Thornton Wikipedia