Co-op Academy Grange explained

Co-op Academy Grange
Coordinates:53.7745°N -1.7786°W
Trust:The Co-operative Academies Trust
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Alex Jeffrey
Address:Haycliffe Lane
Country:England
Postcode:BD5 9ET
Ofsted:yes
Urn:147177
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Website:https://grange.coopacademies.co.uk/

Co-op Academy Grange is a coeducational secondary school located in south Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

History

Grammar school

The school was originally known as Grange High School, becoming Grange Boys' Grammar School and Grange Girls' Grammar School.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive school.

Academy

Grange Technology college became an academy in 2013.[1] The college went through a transitional period in 2011 where it moved to a new advanced facility managed by Amey, the investment reportedly costing around 50 million pounds. The transition oversaw the conjoining of two educational institutes into what is now Southfield Grange, Southfield school and Grange Technology College now both exist as Co-op academies now having joined the Co-op Academies Trust recently in 2019.

Admissions

It is currently over-subscribed and serves over 1,850 pupils (with over 300 in the sixth form) from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. The majority of pupils are of South Asian heritage. The current (2016) headteacher is Ms Mander.

In May 2023 Ofsted rated the school as "inadequate".[2]

Facilities

In June 2011 Grange moved into their new building which is shared by Southfield Special School. The name of both schools were combined to create the campus known as Southfield Grange.

Notable former pupils

Grange Boys' Grammar School

Grange Girls' Grammar School

Grange Upper School

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bradford school performance 'collapses'. 28 June 2016. BBC News. 4 March 2020.
  2. News: Co-op Academy Grange with more than 1,500 pupils slammed as 'inadequate' by inspectors. 3 May 2023. Yorkshire Post. 3 May 2023.