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  • Yorkshire Cancer

    20th May 2013

    Four of our Post 16 students, Jessica Salisbury, Rebecca Durkin, Amy Poole and Hayley Smith recently took to the skies to do a tandem parachute jump in aid of Yorkshire Cancer.  The girls raised a terrific £2,800.  Well done girls! 

  • Training Days

    17th May 2013

    Garforth Academy Training Days

    Monday 2nd September 2013

    Friday 11th October 2013

    Monday 9th December 2013

    Friday 4th July 2014

    Monday 21st July 2014

    Tuesday 22nd July 2014

  • Physics Trip

    14th May 2013

    As the Academy broke up for Easter this year, our Sixth-Form Physics students took part in the University of Manchester's 'Particle Physics Masterclass', aimed at reinforcing the learning of students taking the AS 'Particle Physics' unit, and as enrichment for those close to completing the A'level course.

     
    The day centred principally on the University's close involvement with the CERN research facility near Geneva, and their search for the famous 'Higgs Boson' through repeatedly hurtling streams of high-ener

  • Train to be a teacher with the SPTA

    9th May 2013

    Want to find out about routes into teaching? Want an exciting and challenging career in teaching?

    SPTA Teaching School Alliance is working in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln to offer School Direct places including both primary and secondary opportunities for the Academic Year 2013-14.

     Please see the attached pdf for more information.

    To discuss this opportunity further please contact our Teaching Schools Administrator at teach@schoolpartnershiptru

  • U15 Girls Football

    2nd May 2013

    The U15 Girls played Wetherby in the Leeds City Cup at South Leeds Stadium last night and won 6-0 (M Thompson 3, A Joyce 2 and A Wardle 1). The girls played some outstanding football and were a credit to the academy. Congratulations to all that played.

     

  • Leeds Schools FA Under 13 Revie Cup Final

    29th April 2013
     Garforth Academy  5 v 0 David Young Academy, Friday 26th April 2013, South Leeds Stadium
    Both sides were understandably nervous as the Leeds Schools U13 Cup got underway, David Young almost taking a 1-0 lead within the first 30 seconds of the game after a missed  Worland clearance was followed by an almost costly handling error from Wollaston, the goalkeeper somehow managing to gather the ball at the second attempt.

    After the frenetic opening, the first twenty minutes or so transpired to be a scrappy affair

  • After School Programme

    23rd April 2013

    The after school programme for this term is now available

  • DUKE OF EDINBURGH

    17th April 2013

    DUKE OF EDINBURGH

    During the first week of the Easter break pupils in Years 11 and 12  participated in training and a practice expedition in the Yorkshire Three Peaks area.  Despite the cold and the wind the weather was bright and the pupils enjoyed spectacular views of the snow covered peaks.  The two silver and one gold group walked for three days around Ingleton, Horton in Ribblesdale and Settle.  They braved the wind and cold to cook outside and found the extra sleeping bags and hot water bottles to be i

  • Sporting News

    17th April 2013

    FOOTBALL NEWS

    Garforth Academy Girls U16 and U15 Football teams have reached the Leeds School Cup Finals at South Leeds Stadium where they hope to retain the Cups they won last year.

  • BBC School Report 2013

    22nd March 2013

    Students have been busy creating this year's BBC school report

    You can see their video on You tube here  

  • Comic Relief

    20th March 2013
    A big thank you to everyone who contributed to last Friday's Comic Relief event.  The Academy raised a grand total of £668.46 made up from:
    £124.02 raised from the Year 7 students' sweet stall;
    £104.30 raised from the Student Council Cupcake sale;
    £42.79 raised from the PE students' "Sponge a Teacher" event;
    £397.35 raised from the Sixth Form Quiz and car park collection.

  • Visit by students from Lille

    12th March 2013

    On Wednesday 6th March, 54 students and 4 students visited us from the Lycée Henri-Wallon near Lille.  They were staying with host families in Chester, but came over to Leeds for the day to visit.  I established a contact with the school just over a year ago and our year 10 and 11 students have been corresponding with pupils from this school.  We decided that an opportunity to visit each other would be beneficial and give the students a chance to meet in person.

    A number of activities were arranged on the da

  • Financial Literacy Project

    6th March 2013

    Two Student Ambassadors from the University of Leeds have been partnered with Garforth Academy to run sessions on the following 3 topics:  

    a)      Options and opportunities in higher education (i.e.  – course and University choices and the benefits of a degree)

    b)      Student finance for 2013

    c)       Employability skills and what graduate employers look for in applicants

    18 Year 12 students attended the first session which was interactive and informative.

  • Girl’s senior football

    4th March 2013


    Well done to the Garforth girls who played in the semi-final at Boston Spa this week. In a close game the girls lost to a very strong Boston side 4-2 with the Garforth goals coming from Rachel Landricombe and Becky Durkin.

  • West Yorkshire School Games

    27th February 2013

    West Yorkshire School Games

    Trampolining

    Students from the Academy competed in the West Yorkshire School Games at Bradford University with 18 schools involved from across the county.

     

    The KS4 level 3 team won team bronze, Chelsie Jenkinson won silver individual in the Level 1 KS3 competition and Jacqui Gardener won Bronze in the individual KS4 Level 2 competition.

     

    They were a credit to the Academy and themselves.  Hard work and dedication in practices certainly paid off. 

  • James Denny

    National Diving Championships

    21st February 2013

    Congratulations to James Denny who won a silver medal in the 10m platform national diving championships in Plymouth. James finished second behind Tom Daley who won gold. James will now be diving in the coming weeks at championships in Dubai and China.

  • Re-roofing works

    9th February 2013

    The Academy has been successful in in its bid for funding for major roof repairs. Work started on re-roofing at the beginning of February and is expected to be completed by Easter. During the works though there will be some disruption around the campus and parking spaces have been reduced slightly to allow for a building compound close to the works.

  • Sims Learning Gateway

    4th February 2013

    The Academy is changing the hosting of its Sims Learning Gateway. This will mean that if you currently log on to view assessment and attendance data you will not be able to do so until you receive a new log on name and password. Apologies for the shortage of notice however the new system will bring its benefits, namely parental use of the learning platform currently enjoyed by our staff and pupils. Not only will you be able to see assessment and attendance data, you will also have full access to all communi

  • Year 11 Parents evening

    29th January 2013

    Please note that the year 11 parents evening is Tuesday 12th February

  • ILC Bulletin

    21st January 2013

    The latest bulletin from our Independent Learning Centre manager is available now