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Outwood Academy Hemsworth

Located in Hemsworth in the cathedral city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, near Leeds, Outwood Academy Hemsworth provides 11-18 education for 1120 students. The academy is easily accessible from Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster and Barnsley. Its facilities provide a rich and welcoming learning environment for our young people. The site boasts a listed building alongside a purpose built sixth form centre, a brand new 3-storey building with 17 new classrooms including a drama studio, music, art and photography rooms, and a new dining hall and conference theatre. Additionally, there is a newly refurbished sports hall with fitness suite and full sized all weather pitch. The academy has well-developed relationships with the local authority, external agencies, and local secondary and primary schools. It works closely with other Outwood secondary and primary academies in Wakefield and Barnsley.

The curriculum is designed to stretch and enrich our students’ experience and the academy’s relentless focus on learning ensures everyone has the right to learn. Outcomes for students are improving; for example, the proportion of students achieving a grade 4 or better in English and mathematics is 64%, in 2022. We are keen to improve the outcomes for our students at KS4 and KS5.

Further information can be found at www.hemsworth.outwood.com

Outwood Grange Academies Trust

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is an education charity and not-for-profit sponsor of primary, junior and secondary academies. It is a dynamic organisation, recognised nationally as one of the highest performing family of schools in the North of England, and currently sponsors over 40 schools.

OGAT embrace the opportunity to ensure that all children, irrespective of their starting point, receive an excellent education. It relishes the opportunity to be part of the much-needed regeneration of the areas it works in. The trust are serious about the part it has to play in regenerating the areas it serves by placing an outstanding school at the heart of the community.

The vision is simply to ensure:

• students are always at the forefront of what the Trust does, so it can help them to reach their potential
• all staff strive to be experts in their respective fields
• together, as a trust, it is obsessive about attaining the highest standards, thereby enhancing children’s life-chances.

Quite simply, it wants to be known for placing:

Students first; raising standards and transforming lives.

Further information can be found at www.outwood.com