Newsome Academy

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Newsome Academy
Address
Newsome Academy
Castle Avenue

Newsome

Huddersfield
,
West Yorkshire
,
HD4 6JN

England
Coordinates 53°37′26″N1°47′31″W / 53.624°N 1.792°W / 53.624; -1.792 Coordinates: 53°37′26″N1°47′31″W / 53.624°N 1.792°W / 53.624; -1.792
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Kirklees Council
TrustImpact Education Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 147888 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherDean Watkin
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Website newsomehigh.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]

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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.


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