Garforth Academy
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| Garforth Academy | |
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| Address | |
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Lidgett Lane , , LS25 1LJ England | |
| Coordinates | 53°47′17″N 1°23′31″W / 53.78799°N 1.39196°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | "Reaching for Excellence" |
| Established | 1967 |
| Department for Education URN | 136343 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Anna Young |
| Staff | 83 |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.garforthacademy.org.uk |
Garforth Academy (formerly known as Garforth Comprehensive School until September 1992 and Garforth Community College until November 2010) is a secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11–18 and is located on Lidgett Lane (B6137) in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England.
The school been awarded the Artsmark (2002),[1] Investors in People Award, (2003), Schools Achievement Award, (2003), Education Extra award, (2001), Sportsmark (2002),[2] and Beacon School status (2000),[3] and OFSTED described the school in 2010 (before it changed to academy status) as an "outstanding school".[2]
History[edit]
The school was opened as Garforth Comprehensive School in 1967.[4][5] Barbara Castle, Member of Parliament for Blackburn, performed an official opening of the school on 11 October 1969.[6]
By 1992, the school was known as Garforth Community College.[7] In November 2010, the school became Garforth Academy under the Academies Act 2010,[8] becoming a part of the Delta Academies Trust.[9]
Extracurricular activities[edit]
Since 2008, Garforth Academy has partnered with Mzuvele High School in KwaMashu, Durban. In 2011, students from Garforth Academy travelled to Mzuvele to take part in a musical collaboration with students from the school.[10]
In 2010, Garforth Academy hosted the launch of Arts Live, a community arts partnership between the school, Brigshaw High School and ArtForms, the music and arts service provided by Education Leeds.[11]
In literature[edit]
In the book The Modfather, David Lines describes his time at the school in the late 1970s and early 1980s in great detail. He described the school as looking like a cold hard slab of institutionalised concrete and, after leaving a leafy Nottinghamshire grammar school, described his shock on his first day of the pupils wearing 'menacing boots' and watching his classmates 'literally kicking seven shades out of each other'.[12]
Academic performance[edit]
As a result of improvements in the previous decade, the headteacher, Paul Edwards, received a knighthood in the New Year Honours 2009 for services to local and national education.[13]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Gabby Adcock, badminton player[14]
- Will Boyle, footballer[15]
- Jake Charles, footballer[16]
- James Denny, diver[citation needed]
- Jessica Fletcher, badminton[citation needed]
- Mitchell Lund, footballer[citation needed]
- Oli McBurnie, footballer[citation needed]
- Lucy-Jo Hudson, actress[citation needed]
- Gary Keedy, cricketer[17]
- Chris Silverwood, cricketer[18]
- Phil Sharpe, footballer & football manager[citation needed]
- Jenny Wallwork, badminton player[19]
- Andrew White, musician[20]
- Ryan Hudson, Rugby League player[citation needed]
- Tom Olbison, Rugby League player[citation needed]
- Tommy Spurr, footballer[citation needed]
- Liam Williams, comedian/writer[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "Round 2 Artsmark Awards". Arts Council (web archive). Retrieved 4 July 2022
- ^ a b Ofsted: Garforth Community College
- ^ Taylor, Rob (8 June 2000). "The 300 new Beacon Schools". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Paul Edwards". BBC Leeds. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Representatives on Outside Bodies". Leeds Library. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Barbara Castle MP, opening Garforth Comprehensive School". Leodis. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Whilst no source gives an exact date for the school’s change of name, the earliest mention of Garforth Community College is from the following source from 1992:
- Massey, Ray (19 November 1992). "The list no parent can afford to miss; Top School 92". Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Norris, Frank (16 February 2012). "Academy conversion and predecessor schools". Letter to Garforth Academy. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Delta Academies Trust". Get Information About Schools. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Music bridges gap between cultures in Leeds and Durban". BBC Leeds. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Garforth's new arts group launched". BBC Leeds. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-09-947659-7
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 1.
- ^ "Golden girl Gabby shuttles back to school". Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Huddersfield Town AFC Player Profiles: William Boyle". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Welsh U-17's call-up for Huddersfield Town starlet and John Charles' grandson Jake Charles". Yorkshire Live. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Gary Keedy
- ^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Chris Silverwood
- ^ Mackenzie, Paul (30 October 2015). "Badminton champion Jenny Wallwork launches foundation to fight mental health illness". Great British Life. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "'My dad doesn't think playing a guitar is a sensible job and he's probably right'". The Yorkshire Post. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
