Co-op Academy Grange

Grange Technology College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in south Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Grange Technology college became an academy in 2013[1] The college went through a transitional period in 2011 where it moved to a new advanced facility managed by Amey, the investment reportedly costing around 50 million pounds. The transition oversaw the conjoining of two educational institutes into what is now Southfield Grange, Southfield school and Grange Technology College now both exist as Co-op academies now having joined the Co-op Academies Trust recently in 2019.

History

Grammar school

The school was originally known as Grange High School, becoming Grange Boys' Grammar School and Grange Girls' Grammar School.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive school.

Admissions

It is currently over-subscribed and serves over 1,850 pupils (with over 300 in the sixth form) from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. The majority of pupils are of South Asian heritage. The current (2016) headteacher is Ms Mander.

In November 2011 Ofsted rated the school as a "good school with outstanding features."

Facilities

In June 2011 Grange moved into their new building which is shared by Southfield Special School. The name of both schools were combined together to create the campus known as Southfield Grange.

Notable former pupils
Edward Petherbridge

Grange Boys' Grammar School
Billie Whitelaw in the 1970 Start the Revolution Without Me

Grange Girls' Grammar School

Grange Upper School
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References
  1. "Bradford school performance 'collapses'". BBC News. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. "Online". Watermans. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. "This Week's Film Choices". Watermans. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.


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