Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Explained

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Coordinates:53.7964°N -1.7146°W
Type:Academy
Trust:Star Academies
Head Label:Principal
Address:Thornbury Road
City:Bradford
County:West Yorkshire
Country:England
Postcode:BD3 8HE
Local Authority:City of Bradford
Ofsted:yes
Urn:142681
Enrolment:1,094
Gender:Co-educational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:http://www.laisterdykeleadershipacademy.com/

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

History

Following the re-organisation of education in the local education authority (LEA) in September 1999 the school changed from a middle school for pupils aged 8 to 13 to its current designation. In September 2002, Laisterdyke High School admitted its first intake of sixth form students and became an 11 to 18 school.

The school previously gained Business and Enterprise College status and was renamed Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College. In April 2016 the school was converted to academy status and was renamed Laisterdyke Leadership Academy. The school is now part Star Academies.

Facilities

As part of its upgrade and building development, the school has provided ICT facilities for pupils, staff and surrounding schools. Since the switch from a middle to secondary school, Laisterdyke has added a sports hall, a second dining hall, new classrooms, including an English teaching block, a worship room for pupils and teachers, a Post-16 area and three new labs as well as a new main reception.

Achievements

The school has won a Schools Drug Prevention Charter Award for its efforts in anti-drug education icarried out jointly with local units of the Rotary Club and the Soroptimists Club of Great Britain, as well as with the Bradford Bulls rugby club.[1] For three years, the college has also run a literacy project known as Leap Into Books. This has involved more than 400 children from local primary schools over the three years, as well as Laisterdyke students.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachers/issue24/secondary/features/Drugs_Secondary/ Teachers magazine, January 2003, Issue 24 - "Dealing with drugs"
  2. Web site: Leap Into Books 2010 – coming soon!. https://web.archive.org/web/20100331013845/http://leapintobooks.org.uk/ . 31 March 2010 . 18 June 2009 .