The Becket School

The Becket RC School
Address
The Becket Way West Bridgford , Nottinghamshire , NG2 7QY England
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Labore est orare - To work is to pray
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	Original Foundation 1929
Department for Education URN	137409 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headmaster	Mr J McGeachie
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	1,049
Website	http://www.becket.notts.sch.uk

The Becket School is an 11-18 coeducational Roman Catholic academy 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.

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, next to the suspension bridge over the River Trent. The buildings of the original grammar school were demolished in the summer of 2012.

Demolition of original Grammar School under way.

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 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 school.

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.

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. The school has a vast and modern new building and is well facilitated.

Notable former pupils

The Becket School

• Hayley Bishop, actress
• Luke Dimech, international footballer
• Andrew Gower, lead developer of Jagex Ltd
• Jermaine Jenas, international, Tottenham Hotspur footballer
• Jamie Benson, Cage Fighter and Pro-Wrestler
• Aisling Loftus, Actress
• Jamie Selfridge, Actor
• Stephen Ramsden, Just waiting for a mate
• Dominik Palmer-Taylor, Top scorer for the Becket School Football team with 198 goals in 40 appearences
• Paul Doherty, Sweet Lord

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

External links

• http://www.becketonline.co.uk/ The Becket School Website
• The Becket School
• EduBase
• The Becket Sixth Student Site