Laisterdyke school
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Laisterdyke School is a is a secondary school and sixth form for boys and girls in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK The age range of the pupils is 11-18 and currently holds Business and Enterprise status.
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. The school is oversubscribed and continuing to grow. In September 2002, the school admitted its first cohort of sixth form students and became an 11 to 18 school.
A high proportion of pupils (almost 80 per cent) are from ethnic minority backgrounds and almost all have English as an additional language. Most pupils come from Pakistani backgrounds with smaller numbers from Indian and Bangladeshi backgrounds. Other than English, the main languages spoken are Urdu, Punjabi, Pushto and Hindi.
As part of their upgrade and new building development, the school has invested in ICT facilities for pupils, staff and surrounding schools.
