Editing Ilkley (section)

==Education==

===Schools===
A free school was first established in Ilkley by a Mr Marshall who in 1608 bequeathed £100 for its endowment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51060 |title=Ifield – Ilkley |first=Samuel |last=Lewis |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust |pages=603–608 |year=1848 |access-date=11 January 2007 }}</ref> Current schools include four [[primary school]]s, All Saints' C of E Primary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilkley.org/educate/allsaints.htm |title=All Saints Primary School, Ilkley |publisher=ilkley.org |access-date=30 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711170814/http://www.ilkley.org/educate/allsaints.htm |archive-date=11 July 2009 }}
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Ashlands Primary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashlandsprimary.org.uk/index.htm |title=Ashlands Primary School Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire |publisher=ashlandsprimary.org.uk |access-date=30 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309102543/http://ashlandsprimary.org.uk/index.htm |archive-date=9 March 2009 }}
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Ben Rhydding Primary School,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.benrhydding.ngfl.ac.uk/
|title=Ben Rhydding Primary School, Ilkley
|publisher=benrhydding.ngfl.ac.uk
|access-date=30 June 2009
}}
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Ben Rhydding;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilkley.org/educate/sacredheart.htm |title=Sacred Heart Primary School, Ilkley |publisher=ilkley.org |access-date=30 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020163249/http://www.ilkley.org/educate/sacredheart.htm |archive-date=20 October 2008 }}
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three [[Preparatory school (UK)|preparatory schools]],
Moorfield School,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.moorfieldschool.co.uk/
|title=Moorfield School – An independent Prep School for Boys and Girls
|publisher=moorfieldschool.co.uk
|access-date=20 May 2013
}}
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Westville House School, Middleton,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.westvilleschool.co.uk/
|title=Westville House School – Independent Co-Educational Prep School and Nursery for Girls and Boys
|publisher=westvilleschool.co.uk
|access-date=30 June 2009
}}
</ref> and Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghyllroydschool.co.uk|title=Home|website=Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School|language=en-GB|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> Augustus Wooldridge Godby founded Ghyll Royd School in 1889. He was Headmaster until his death on 5 November 1922.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ghyllroydschool.co.uk/about-us/history|title=History|newspaper=Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School|language=en-GB|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> Formerly an all boys School, Ghyll Royd has been a co-educational preparatory school since 1999, accepting children from two years old until they leave at eleven in Year 6. Ilkley also has one [[secondary school]],
[[Ilkley Grammar School]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://ilkley.school-site2.net/
 |title        = Ilkley Grammar School
 |publisher    = ilkley.school-site2.net
 |access-date   = 30 June 2009
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090704020539/http://ilkley.school-site2.net/
 |archive-date = 4 July 2009
|url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>

===Further education===
In 1975, David Gayle founded the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars which brought distinguished names in dance, like [[Alicia Markova]], to Ilkley College of Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireballetseminars.com/aboutus.html |title=About the Yorkshire Ballet Summer School |publisher=Yorkshire Ballet Summer School |access-date=10 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309022644/http://yorkshireballetseminars.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=9 March 2009 }}</ref> In 1978, Ilkley College of Education merged with Bingley College of Education to become Ilkley College. In 1982, Ilkley College merged with [[Bradford College (England)|Bradford College]] to become Bradford and Ilkley Community College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectlevel/q223_94_textonly.htm |title=Quality Assessment Report by the HEFCE for Bradford and Ilkley Community College |publisher=Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |date=April 1994 |access-date=7 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712233844/http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectlevel/q223_94_textonly.htm |archive-date=12 July 2007  }}</ref> In 1999, the Ilkley campus of Bradford and Ilkley Community College closed despite opposition. The campus had occupied a {{convert|15.64|acre|ha}} site at [[Wells House, Ilkley|Wells House]], which was sold for housing after its closure.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8072167.Sale_of_college_campus_is_agreed/ |title=Sale of college campus is agreed |work=Telegraph & Argus |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |date=17 October 1998 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>