Newsome Academy

Secondary school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England

53°37′26″N 1°47′31″W / 53.624°N 1.792°W / 53.624; -1.792InformationTypeAcademyLocal authorityKirklees CouncilTrustImpact Education Academy TrustDepartment for Education URN147888 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherDean WatkinGenderCo-educationalAge11 to 16Websitenewsomehigh.co.uk

Newsome Academy (formerly Newsome High School and Newsome High School & Sports College) is a co-educational secondary school located in Newsome (near Huddersfield), West Yorkshire, England.[1]

The catchment area of the school includes Newsome, Lowerhouses, Lockwood, Berry Brow[2] and Almondbury.[3]

Previously a community school administered by Kirklees Council, in March 2021 Newsome High School converted to academy status and was renamed Newsome Academy.[4][5] The school is now sponsored by the Impact Education Academy Trust.[6]

Newsome Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and NCFEs as programmes of study for pupils.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Newsome High School - 11-16 Comprehensive School". Newsome High School.
  2. ^ Earnshaw, Tony (3 June 2019). "How new leadership has turned around 'inadequate' Newsome High School". YorkshireLive.
  3. ^ Earnshaw, Tony (16 September 2019). "Almondbury parents "manipulated" by Kirklees over school closure". YorkshireLive.
  4. ^ "Our School". Newsome High School.
  5. ^ "Newsome Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  6. ^ "About Us - Impact Education".
  7. ^ "Curriculum". Newsome High School.

External links

  • Official website
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