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 Becket school was at that time an independent boys' grammar school. In 1958, about two miles away along Wilford Lane, Corpus Christi school opened under headmaster Arthur Davis as a mixed bilateral school for pupils 11 to 16+, offering Grammar, Technical and Secondary Modern courses. The school was planned by Reginald W Cooper of Nottingham, and was built by A Mason Ltd of Mansfield. It cost approximately £100,000.