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The Becket RC School

Motto	Labore est orare - To work is to pray
Established	Original Foundation 1929
Type	Comprehensive
Religion	Roman Catholic
Head Master	Mr A Glover
Specialism	Science College, Humanities College
Location	Ruddington Lane Wilford, Nottinghamshire NG11 7DL England
LEA	Nottinghamshire
Ofsted number	122896
Students	1051
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Website	The Becket School
Coordinates: 52°55′07″N 1°09′37″W / 52.91855°N 1.16031°W / 52.91855; -1.16031

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 09/10 school year and lies within the neighbouring parish of the Holy Spirit. It actually lies inside the City of Nottingham boundary, but is not within its jurisdiction.

The school's catchment area is vast, widely covering the City of Nottingham, such as places like St Anns, Carlton, Clifton, West Bridgford and many more.

For Years 7 to 11 there are six forms, designated by the initial letter of Saints Bernadette, Edmund, Nicholas, Patrick, Robert and Teresa.

1 History - Becket Grammar School
2 History - Chorpus Christi Grammar School
3 The Future - The Becket School
4 Notable alumni
5 External links

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 will see the opening of a multimillion pound brand new school campus in Wilford which will combine both the lower and sixth form scools together.The new building will incorporate state of the art technology and facilities .

History - Chorpus 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.

The Future - The Becket School

A new school site, constructed 2007-9, is on Gresham Fields, Wilford Lane, situated in between the 2 current sites, the new school will have more classrooms, better facilities and give a more modern look for the Becket. The project is intended to be completed in time for September 2009. Both the current sites will then be redeveloped.

The project cost is around £25million. There was also lots of fund raising by the school and local parishes to raise £100,000 for the new school building to have a Chapel.

The School Orchestra, Big Band, Wind Band and Choir have just completed a successful tour of Austria in July 2009, culminating in a magnificent concert in Salzburg's famous Mirabell gardens.

Notable alumni