Beckfoot School

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Beckfoot School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.The school has previously gained Technology College status, specialist school status in the Arts, Artsmark Gold and a Sportsmark Award. It also has a Charter Mark for services to the community and is a City Learning Centre. The school converted to academy status in August 2013. In December 2016, the school received World Class school quality mark. It is one of the three first schools in northern England to get the status.Beckfoot School is also a training school that has attained 'Investors in People' and a 'School Achievement Award'. The school moved into new, purpose-built, premises in June 2011 and the old buildings were demolished in 2012. The new premises are shared with Hazelbeck School.The school has above-average A*–C grades in GCSEs and is taking part in the new fast-track Modern Foreign Language and Media Studies GCSE scheme.Sixth formThe School's sixth form was awarded Grade 1 status in its June 2014 Ofsted inspection. Qualifications offered are A-Levels and BTEC national diploma.Beckfoot TrustAs an academy, Beckfoot School is the founding school of the Beckfoot Trust, a multi-academy trust, Hazelbeck School joined the trust in 2013 and Beckfoot Upper Heaton in 2015. Beckfoot Thornton joined in 2016.