The Becket School
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| Motto | Labore est orare - To work is to pray |
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| Established | Original Foundation 1929 |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Head Master | Mr A Glover |
| Specialism | Science College, Humanities College |
| Location | The Becket Way Wilford, Nottinghamshire NG2 7QY England |
| Local authority | Nottinghamshire |
| DfE URN | 122896 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1051 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | The Becket School |
Coordinates: 52°55′07″N 1°09′37″W / 52.91855°N 1.16031°W
The Becket School is an 11-18 coeducational Roman Catholic comprehensive school in Nottinghamshire, England. It was formed in 1975 by the amalgamation of two schools, Corpus Christi Grammar School and Becket Grammar School for Boys.
The school moved to its new site, on Wilford Lane, at the beginning of the 2009-10 school year and lies within the Diocese of Nottingham and the Parish of the Holy Spirit, West Bridgford. Although many of its pupils live in the City of Nottingham, the School is in the Borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire.
The school's catchment area is vast, widely covering the City of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, including such places as St Anns, Carlton, Clifton, West Bridgford and many more. For Years 7 to 11 there are six forms, designated by the initial letters, BENPRT of six saints: Bernadette Soubirous, Saint Edmund Campion, Nicholas Garlick, St Patrick, Robert Ludlam and Saint Teresa.
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[edit] History - Becket Grammar School
Becket Grammar School was founded in 1929 by two priests (Fr Aidan Kenny and Fr Bede Horwood) from the Order of the Augustinians of the Assumption. The school was for boys only and was based on Wilford Lane, now currently occupied by the Upper School.
During the period 1929-1968, the school enjoyed a close association with the Order's other school, St Michael's College, Hitchin, with which there was frequent interchange of staff. During the 1960's the school was particularly renowned for its sporting achievements at a national level, producing several national schoolboy champions in both athletics and rowing.
During the 1960s the school was particularly renowned for its sporting achievements at a national level, producing several national schoolboy champions in both athletics and rowing.
September 2009 saw the opening of a new school campus in Wilford for both the lower and sixth form schools.
[edit] History - Corpus Christi Grammar School
Corpus Christi had opened in September 1958 as a Bilateral Secondary School. It offered to boys and girls Grammar, Technical and Secondary Modern courses. The school was planned by Reginald W Cooper, FRIBA, of Nottingham, and was built by A Mason Ltd of Mansfield. It cost approximately £100,000.
[edit] 2007-2009
A new school site, constructed 2007-9, is on Gresham Fields, Wilford Lane, situated in between the 3 current sites.
The project cost was £24.5 million. There was also fund raising by the school and local parishes to raise £100,000 for the new school building to have a Chapel.
On 15 September 2009, The "New" Becket was opened.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] The Becket School
- Hayley Bishop, actress
- Luke Dimech, international footballer
- Andrew Gower, lead developer of Jagex Ltd
- Jermaine Jenas, international, Tottenham Hotspur footballer
- Jervis Johnson, games designer
- Aisling Loftus, actress
- Jamie Selfridge, Actor
- Nicholas Buckland, Ice Dancer, 1st place 2012 British Figure Skating Championships
- Penny Coomes, Ice Dancer, 1st place 2012 British Figure Skating Championships
[edit] Becket Grammar School
- Geoffrey Bond, OBE
- Michael Jayston, film and TV actor
- John Jenkins CMG LVO, UK Ambassador to Syria from 2006-7, and to Burma from 1999-2002
- Stephen Marley, novelist
- Chris Maslanka, writer and broadcaster
- Prof Stephen Shennan, Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Cambridge since 2005
[edit] Chorpus Christi Grammar School
[edit] External links
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