Carlton Keighley (formerly Greenhead Grammar School, Greenhead High School and then University Academy Keighley) is a

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located in Utley (a suburb of

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

), in the

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. Previously a community school administered by

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, Greenhead High School converted to academy status in September 2010 and was renamed University Academy Keighley. The school was then sponsored by the

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and Bradford City Council. It became part of the Bradford based

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in 2022 and was renamed Carlton Keighley. Carlton Keighley offers GCSEs, BTECs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. Facilities at the school are also available for use by the local community outside school hours.

References

External links

Carlton Keighley official website
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