Belle Vue Girls' School
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Belle Vue Girls' School is a girls' 11-18 secondary school in Bradford
, West Yorkshire
, England
. The school has been awarded specialist Language College
status. The school has recently been awarded a specialist Science College status.
in attendance at the opening ceremony.
In 2008 Belle Vue Girls School became a Specialist in Language, Science with Maths College.
In 2011, there are currently nearly 1200 students on roll and nearly 300 in the Sixth form.
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school has been awarded specialist Language College
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
status. The school has recently been awarded a specialist Science College status.
History
The school was founded in 1877 as The Girls' Higher Grade School, on Manningham Lane. In 1904, the name was changed to Belle Vue Girls' Secondary School. During WWI, the school offered additional evening classes for women who worked during the day in the factories. During WWII, the army briefly occupied the building, and the students were sent elsewhere. The school was moved to its present site in 1971, with Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
in attendance at the opening ceremony.
In 2008 Belle Vue Girls School became a Specialist in Language, Science with Maths College.
In 2011, there are currently nearly 1200 students on roll and nearly 300 in the Sixth form.