Garforth Academy
 | |
| Motto | "Reaching for Excellence" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1967[1] |
| Type | Academy |
| Headmaster | Andy Woodhouse |
| Location |
Lidgett Lane Garforth West Yorkshire LS25 1LJ England Coordinates: 53°47′17″N 1°23′31″W / 53.78799°N 1.39196°W |
| DfE URN | 136343 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 70 |
| Students | 1,950 pupils |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website |
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Garforth Academy (formerly known as Garforth Comprehensive School until September 1992 and Garforth Community College until November 2010) is a secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11–18 and is located on Lidgett Lane (B6137) in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England.
The school been awarded the Artsmark (2002), Investors in People Award, (2003), Schools Achievement Award, (2003), Education Extra award, (2001), Sportsmark, (2002) and Beacon School status (2003), and OFSTED described the school in 2010 (before it changed to academy status) as an "outstanding school".[2]
In literature
In the book The Modfather, David Lines describes his time at the school in the late 1970s and early 1980s in great detail. He described the school as looking like a cold hard slab of institutionalised concrete and, after leaving a leafy Nottinghamshire grammar school, described his shock on his first day of the pupils wearing 'menacing boots' and watching his classmates 'literally kicking seven shades out of each other'.[3]
Academic performance
The school gets the best GCSE results in Leeds LEA according to the Yorkshire Evening Post. As a result of improvements in the past decade, the headteacher, Paul Edwards, received a knighthood in the New Year Honours 2009 for services to local and national education.[4] The school has since got a new headteacher, Andy Woodhouse.
Notable alumni
- Gabby Adcock, badminton
- Will Boyle, footballer[5]
- Jake Charles, footballer
- James Denny, diver
- Oliver McBurnie, footballer
- Lucy-Jo Hudson, actress
- Gary Keedy, cricketer[6]
- Chris Silverwood, cricketer[7]
- Jenny Wallwork, badminton player
- Andrew White, musician
References
- ↑ Garforth Community Arts College Official website
- ↑ Ofsted: Garforth Community College
- ↑ ISBN 978-0-09-947659-7
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 1. 31 December 2008.
- ↑ "Huddersfield Town AFC Player Profiles: William Boyle". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
- ↑ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Gary Keedy
- ↑ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Chris Silverwood