Horsforth School

Horsforth School
Motto	Opportunity and Achievement for All
Established	1972
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Keith Bothamley^[1]
Location	Lee Lane East Horsforth Leeds West Yorkshire LS18 5RF England Coordinates: 53°50′32″N 1°38′27″W / 53.84236°N 1.64078°W / 53.84236; -1.64078
Local authority	City of Leeds
DfE URN	137775 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1500
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Colours	Green, black, white
Facebook	facebook.com/HorsforthSchool
Website	School website

Horsforth School is a science specialist secondary school with academy status in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Opened in 1972 and located in Horsforth, it educates around 1,500 boys and girls, aged 11 to 18. It gained Special Science status in 2002. In 2012 75% of students received 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths.^[2] Horsforth School also includes a post 16 centre. The school has been awarded the school curriculum award, and has Artsmark and Sportsmark status.^[3]

The school won the United Kingdom Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge in 2008 and entered two teams into the 2009 competition. It won the competition again in 2010, becoming the only school ever to win twice.^[4] The school faced criticism in 2015 for planning an optional sports trip to Barbados for pupils in years 8, 9 and 10, costing £1,650 per pupil.^[5]

Notable alumni

Alistair Ryder, Team GB
James Milner, England international footballer^[6]
Tonicha Jeronimo, actor^[7]
Matt Taylor, BBC weather forecaster ^[8]
Alex Neilson, Trembling Bells
Katie Spencer, Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award winning, set decorator (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement)^[9]
Sanderson Lam, Professional Snooker player.^[10]

References

↑ "Horsforth School website". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
↑ Quilty-Harper, Conrad (26 January 2012). "The Telegraph's GCSE league tables". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 31 October 2012.
↑ "Horsforth School Facebook site". Retrieved 18 June 2013.
↑ "New rocket challenge for UK schools - closing date 17 December". Retrieved 18 June 2013.
↑ "Horsforth School plans £1,650 Barbados sports trip". BBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ "James is the latest teenage soccer hero". Craven Herald and Pioneer. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
↑ Malik, Dina (13 October 1996). "'IT WAS THE LONGEST THREE SECONDS EVER' I'LL NEVER FORGET...MY FIRST SCREEN KISS: Emmerdale star Tonicha Jeronimo jumped at the chance to play Linda Glover in the Yorkshire soap but the thought of her first screen kiss left her absolutely petrified, as she told DINA MALIK... - Free Online Library". The People (London, England). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ "Horsforth School Facebook site". Retrieved 18 June 2013.
↑ http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html
↑ "Sanderson Lam Player Profile World Snooker site". Retrieved 7 November 2015.

External links

School home page
"Horsforth School, Leeds", Schoolsnet.com
United Kingdom Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge website

Schools in Leeds

Primary schools	Carr Manor Community School Roundhay School

Secondary schools	Abbey Grange CE Academy Allerton Grange School Allerton High School Benton Park School Boston Spa School Brigshaw High School Bruntcliffe Academy Cardinal Heenan RC High School Carr Manor Community School Cockburn School Co-operative Academy of Leeds Corpus Christi RC College Crawshaw Academy David Young Community Academy Farnley Academy Garforth Academy Guiseley School Horsforth School John Smeaton Academy Lawnswood School Leeds City Academy Leeds East Academy Leeds West Academy Morley Academy Mount St Mary's RC High School Priesthorpe School Prince Henry's Grammar School Pudsey Grangefield School Ralph Thoresby School Rodillian Academy Roundhay School Royds School St Mary's Menston RC Academy South Leeds Academy Swallow Hill Community College Temple Moor High School Wetherby High School Woodkirk Academy

Special schools	St John's RC School for the Deaf

Independent schools	Fulneck School Gateways School Grammar School at Leeds The Froebelian School Woodhouse Grove School

FE & sixth form colleges	Leeds City College Leeds College of Art Leeds College of Building Leeds College of Music Notre Dame RC Sixth Form College SLP College

Defunct schools	Aireborough Grammar School Brudenell School Lawnswood High School Leeds Girls' High School Leeds Grammar School Leeds Modern School Moor Grange County Secondary School West Leeds High School Wortley High School

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