Beckfoot Upper Heaton (formerly Belle Vue Boys' School) is a co-educational

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, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the Hallmark Cards factory, not far from Bingley Road ( B6269). Previously a boys' school, Beckfoot Upper Heaton introduced girls starting in Year 7 in September 2016 and moved to new buildings in 2017.

History

The school was founded in 1877 and was officially opened (including the girls' section) on 12 August 1879 by William Edward Forster, the local MP. It moved to the present site in 1964, as a boys secondary grammar school. It was known as Belle Vue High School from 1896. In 1918, the junior and infants section closed, with the buildings being taken over. From 1966 it became a comprehensive. It had four houses – Dunwell, Hirst, Holroyd and Parry. Previously a community school administered by Bradford City Council, Belle Vue Boys' School converted to academy status in September 2015 and was renamed Beckfoot Upper Heaton. The school is now sponsored by the

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, but continues to coordinate with Bradford City Council for admissions.

Notable former pupils

Belle Vue Boys' School

* Adil Rashid – Yorkshire and England cricket player *

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1954– 2012 – Labour MP for

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(includes the school) 1997 to 2012

Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School

* Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool * Mike Batt, Composer and music producer * David Straun (Smith), Actor *

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– politician and member of the House of Lords. * Sir Reginald Bailey CBE – former President of the British Wool Federation * Sir James Birrell FCA – Chief Executive from 1988–93 of the Halifax Building Society * Sydney Burton – Managing Director from 1975–81 of the

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(bought by The Woolwich in 1988) and President from 1976–77 of the Building Societies Institute (became the CBSI in 1979 and then became part of the

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David Butterfield David John Butterfield (born New Year's Day, 1 January 1952) is an ordained Minister in the Anglican, Church of England. Butterfield was educated at Beckfoot Upper Heaton, Belle Vue Boys’ Grammar School; Royal Holloway College; and St John's C ...

, Archdeacon of the East Riding from 2007–14 * Malcolm Creek LVO OBE – High Commissioner from 1985–88 to Vanuatu (High Commission abolished in 2004) * Trevor Croft – Director from 1997–2001 of the National Trust for Scotland * Satnam Singh Gill OBE Principal Working Men's College London from 1999 * James Hill (British director), film director of 1966 '' Born Free'' * Philip Hobsbaum, poet and literary scholar * Kenneth Hutton, Chairman from 1987-92 of the Peterborough Development Agency, Chief Engineer from 1968-84 of the Telford Development Corporation * Norman Crowther Hunt, Baron Crowther-Hunt of Eccleshill – former Labour education minister from 1974–76,

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from 1982-87 of Exeter College, Oxford * Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings – President from 1991–94 of the International Court of Justice * George Layton, actor – starred in '' Confessions of a Driving Instructor'' * Harry Moore – Professor of Glass Technology from 1946–55 at the University of Sheffield * Geoffrey Myers CBE – British Rail executive and Chairman from 1987–95 of Transaid * Prof John Needham – Professor of Architecture from 1957–72 at the University of Sheffield *

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(briefly), economist at Queen Mary College, and father of Robert Peston * J. B. Priestley OM, writer, who wrote '' Time and the Conways'', and Freeman of the City of Bradford *

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– well-known actor who played Jack Meadows in '' The Bill'' * Jack Schofield – former computer editor, '' The Guardian'' * Sydney Smith CBE – Chairman from 1956–65 of the Scottish Gas Board and from 1952–56 of the

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* Prof

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AM – astronomer *

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– Labour MP from 1934–35 for

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and from 1929–31

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References

External links

Beckfoot Upper Heaton official website

News items

Former school site to open as a Muslim school in May 2004
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