Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a
co-educational secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
and
sixth form located in
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
,
West Yorkshire, England.
History
Following the re-organisation of education in the
local education authority
Local education authorities (LEAs) were local councils in England that are responsible for education within their jurisdiction. The term was used to identify which council (district or county) is locally responsible for education in a system wit ...
(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
Business and Enterprise Colleges (BECs) were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in England. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields. Schools that successfully applied to the Specialist Schoo ...
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
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and the
Soroptimists Club of Great Britain, as well as with the
Bradford Bulls rugby club.
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.
[http://www.leapintobooks.org.uk ]
References
Department for Education and Skills - Laisterdyke High School
External links
Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College
Official site.
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Star Academies
Schools in Bradford
Secondary schools in the City of Bradford
Academies in the City of Bradford