Newsome Academy
Address
Castle Avenue


, ,
HD4 6JN

England
Coordinates53°37′26″N 1°47′31″W / 53.624°N 1.792°W / 53.624; -1.792
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityKirklees Council
TrustImpact Education Academy Trust
Department for Education URN147888 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherDean Watkin
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Websitenewsomehigh.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.


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