Garforth Academy Explained

Garforth Academy
Coordinates:53.788°N -1.392°W
Motto:"Reaching for Excellence"
Established:1967
Head Label:Principal
Head:Anna Young
Address:Lidgett Lane
Country:England
Postcode:LS25 1LJ
Ofsted:yes
Urn:136343
Staff:83
Enrolment:1998
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
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), and Beacon School status (2000),[2] and OFSTED described the school in 2010 (before it changed to academy status) as an "outstanding school".[3]

History

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

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

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'.

Academic performance

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.

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20021221134503/http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/artsmark/round2.htm "Round 2 Artsmark Awards"
  2. News: Taylor . Rob . The 300 new Beacon Schools . 4 July 2022 . The Guardian . 8 Jun 2000.
  3. Web site: Find an inspection report and registered childcare. 4 January 2024. reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 18 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Paul Edwards . BBC Leeds . 1 June 2009 . 4 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Representatives on Outside Bodies . Leeds Library . 4 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Barbara Castle MP, opening Garforth Comprehensive School . Leodis . 4 July 2022.
  7. 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:
  8. Frank . Norris . Academy conversion and predecessor schools . Garforth Academy . 16 February 2012 . https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/1904177 . 4 July 2022 .
  9. Web site: Delta Academies Trust . Get Information About Schools . 4 July 2022.
  10. News: Music bridges gap between cultures in Leeds and Durban . 4 July 2022 . BBC Leeds . 12 March 2011.
  11. News: Garforth's new arts group launched . 4 July 2022 . BBC Leeds . 15 November 2010.
  12. News: Golden girl Gabby shuttles back to school . 4 July 2022 . Yorkshire Evening Post . 23 November 2018.
  13. Web site: Huddersfield Town AFC Player Profiles: William Boyle . Huddersfield Town A.F.C . https://web.archive.org/web/20151122192742/http://www.htafc.com/team/player-profile/william-boyle/34 . 22 November 2015.
  14. News: Welsh U-17's call-up for Huddersfield Town starlet and John Charles’ grandson Jake Charles . 4 July 2022 . Yorkshire Live . 5 May 2011.
  15. Web site: Apprentice winner Sian Gabbidon on her new Sian Marie loungewear range for Asda and how Lord Sugar's support has helped her through the pandemic . The Yorkshire Post . 14 August 2024 . 19 November 2021.
  16. Web site: Gary Keedy Profile – Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video. ESPNcricinfo. 18 August 2024.
  17. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20193.html Cricinfo – Players and Officials
  18. Web site: Mackenzie . Paul . Badminton champion Jenny Wallwork launches foundation to fight mental health illness . Great British Life . 30 October 2015 . 4 July 2022.
  19. News: ‘My dad doesn’t think playing a guitar is a sensible job and he’s probably right’ . 4 July 2022 . The Yorkshire Post . 15 March 2012.

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