Appleton Academy, Bradford 

Cllr Dale Smith

Cllr Dale Smith has always been interested in education and has been directly involved since he was first elected to the Ilkley Council in 1963.  

Speaking in his role as Bradford College Corporation member, Dale said;

“I believe that education is the door-opener to the future. Health is the most precious gift but education is the other gift you can give and must cherish if you have received it. My mother, grandmother and various aunts were teachers and my father left Belle Vue School at 14 and then was self-educated, so I was brought up to value education and attended Bradford Grammar School and St Andrew's University”.