Allerton, West Yorkshire

Allerton is a village within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, now increasingly part of the Bradford conurbation. With a population of around 12,000, the village is situated 3 miles west-north-west of Bradford. Allerton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Wilsden-cum-Allerton. The local residents of the suburb pronounce it as Ollerton, using 'Ol' rather than 'Al'.

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Thornton and Allerton

Thornton and Allerton (population 18,520 - 2023 ward profile) is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the villages of Thornton and Allerton around which it is drawn. The population has increased considerably over the past 20 years, with an increase of nearly a fifth (3,000) from the 2001 UK census. The ward has also urbanised considerably, particularly in Allerton, which has contributed to a notable swing from Conservative to Labour in the last decade, and can be described as primarily suburban. As well as the villages of Thornton and Allerton, the ward includes the smaller village of Sandy Lane, hamlets of Keelham and Little Egypt, and neighbourhoods of Stony Lane, Broom Hill, School Green and Leaventhorpe.

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Beckfoot Thornton

Beckfoot Thornton (Thornton Grammar School until 2016) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England. It is an Academy administered by Beckfoot Trust since 2016 and formerly a comprehensive foundation school administered by Bradford City Council and the Thornton Grammar and Queensbury School Learning Trust. It offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

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Dixons Allerton Academy

Dixons Allerton Academy (formerly Rhodesway Academy) is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in Allerton area of the City of Bradford, in the English county of West Yorkshire. Previously a community school administered by Bradford City Council, Rhodesway School converted to academy status in September 2009 and was renamed Dixons Allerton Academy. The school is now part of the Dixons Academy Trust, which includes Dixons City Academy, Dixons Kings Academy, Dixons McMillan Academy, Dixons Trinity Academy and Dixons Sixth Form Academy Dixons Allerton Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

Sandy Lane, West Yorkshire

Sandy Lane is a village and civil parish to the north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,646. It is situated between Wilsden, Allerton and Nab Wood.

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