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
Coordinates	53.7913°N 1.8217°W / 53.7913; -1.8217
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Enjoy Learn Succeed
Established	2016
School district	Thornton and Allerton
Local authority	Bradford
Trust	Beckfoot Trust
Department for Education URN	143114 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Sally Trusselle [1]
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,515 as of October 2015[update]
Website	http://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

• Amjad Bashir, politician^[6]
• Eric Bedford, (1909–2001), architect^[7]
• John Edward Fletcher, scholar
• Robin Fox, anthropologist
• Jack Kitching, rugby league player
• Leon Pryce, rugby league player
• Matt Clifford, entrepreneur