Welcome to Woodkirk Academy

• 2024
  • Eid Mubarak - April 2024
  • Year 7 Parents' Evening
  • New accommodation
  • New temporary classrooms
  • Admission for a Year 7 place in September 2024
  • Kindness Day 2024
  • Winter Weather Information
  • Year 9 Parents' Information Evening
• 2023
  • YEAR 7 PLACE Sept 2024
  • Woodkirk Academy Sixth Form Open Evening
  • Woodkirk Academy Open Evening - 12 October 2023
  • Attendance at Woodkirk Academy
  • Inspire - our celebration magazine
  • Contacting Woodkirk Academy
  • Uniform Reminders - September 2023
  • GCSE Results 2023
  • Post 16 Exam Results 2023
  • Computer excellence and a charity fundraiser
  • Exam Results Days 2023
  • Woodkirk Academy closes for the summer
  • Maths Funday 2023
  • Breeze in the Park 2023
  • Industrial Action - 05 and 07 July 2023
  • Year 6 Transition 2023
  • Drowning prevention warning as UK temperature starts to rise
  • Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
  • Ofsted Inspection
  • The Academy is CLOSED on Friday 10 March
  • Attendance Prizes for all the family
  • National Apprenticeship Week
• 2022
  • Walk and Talk for Children in Need
  • Camps International
  • Show Racism the Red Card
  • SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING
  • Open Evening - school closes at 2pm Thurs 6 Oct
  • Exam results 2022
  • MATHS FUN DAY and HOT WEATHER
  • STRIKE UPDATE: STRIKE RECOMMENCES
  • Uniform changes for September 2022
  • COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
  • Pearson National Teaching Awards Silver Winner
  • Ski Trip 2022
  • Little Shop of Horrors
• 2021
  • COVID-19 Updates
  • DofE Bronze Success!
  • FREE SCHOOL MEALS UPDATE
  • INCREASE IN MOBILE DATA ALLOWANCE
• 2020
  • Punctuality Awareness JANUARY 2021
  • Exam Certificates
  • Stronger communication with Parents
  • GCSE Results 2020
  • Duke of Edinburgh enrolment 2020
  • BTEC Showstopper Champions
  • Diversity Week
  • Careers - Virtual Work Experience
  • ENJOY
  • Duke of Edinburgh - Thursday 23 January. Year 9
• 2019
  • Progress Reports
  • Year 7 & 8 Progress Report (OPT1) evening
  • Woodkirk wears odd socks
  • GCSE Results 2019
  • Results News 2019
  • Dad takes on gruelling challenges to raise money for Woodkirk Academy
  • Duke of Edinburgh's Silver expedition
  • Maths students jet off to New York
  • Year 8 Residential - May 2019
  • RAMADAN and EID 2019
  • Democracy in action
  • Changes to the OPT reporting system
  • Woodkirk takes to the slopes again
• 2018
  • Woodkirk Academy Students Fall Silent For a Local Friend
  • Results News 2018
  • Sixth Form - Applying to university
  • Fancy a ski trip to The Italian Alps?
  • Year 8 Residential - May 2018
  • Woodkirk's Year 9 Netball Team...
  • Year 7 Residential 2018 - Parents’ Information Evening
  • Woodkirk takes to the slopes again
  • Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze expedition
  • Legally Blonde wows the Prince
  • Paris brings out the maths in Year 8
  • January Examinations
• 2017
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Leeds war veteran unveils statue at Woodkirk Academy
  • Major Road Works - Rein Road
  • Woodkirk goes cashless
  • GCSE PE Residential is a big hit
  • ¡Hola! Bonjour, Guten Tag!
  • Winners of the Leeds Schools Cup
  • Sporting Successes
  • Adventurous Year 8s try to be Bear Grylls
  • Stevie returns to hail wonder-kid Wojciech
  • Woodkirk boys prove to be a musical success
  • Woodkirk students take to the slopes.
  • Billy Elliot makes a grand entrance
  • Spanish Language Cultural Day
  • 60 students take to the hills to practise their DofE
  • Othello is brought to life for Year 13 Eng Lit students
  • Year 11 student takes to the air
  • Joe and diving partner seal National Cup
  • Woodkirk's Year of Reading welcomes Harry Potter
• 2016
  • Snap-happy Student Elliot gains screen time on the BBC
  • Fritz in fine form on the decks
  • Woodkirk's Head of PE plays in the seniors World Cup
  • Woodkirk's Values
  • Plenty of Talent at Woodkirk Academy
  • Black History Month
  • Careers Fair Proves Popular
  • KS4 Music Residential - La Loire
  • Battle of The Somme
  • Woodkirk's staff member brings home swimming medals
  • Year 7 students ride to success with Cycle Leeds
  • Woodkirk students discover the horrors of Auschwitz
  • Woodkirk takes to the slopes
  • Further Mathematics Feast
  • Woodkirk’s Star Bakers are announced for Sport Relief
  • MFL - Elite Linguists
  • Woodkirk Academy STEM Group
  • The Opening Night of Ghost, The Musical, is a huge success
  • Sport Relief at Woodkirk
  • Leeds Schools Girls Futsal League
  • Woodkirk Recognised in Parliament
  • Streetwise Encourages Year 7 To ‘Think!’
  • Woodkirk Academy Enters a New and Exciting Phase in its Development
• 2015
  • Woodkirk Academy features on BBC Look North
  • Sixth Form Students raise nearly a thousand pounds for charity
  • Year 7 Girls' Football Team Beat their Rival Team
  • Summer of Science at Woodkirk Academy
  • Music Trip to Germany
  • Geography Trip to Sorrento
  • App-a-thon Guinness World Record
  • Design & Technology students fly to Bologna
  • A Student Eclipse
  • Weird and wonderful!
  • Comic Relief
  • Stevie Ward returns to Woodkirk Academy
  • Sixth Form Subject Ambassadors
  • Pupil Premium
• 2014
  • Results 2014

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Woodkirk Academy nationally recognised for outstanding performance 

Woodkirk has already been awarded £5,000 and is vying for a £250,000 cash pot after receiving national recognition for the performance of pupils from more disadvantaged backgrounds. 

The school is one of only 11 across Yorkshire and Humberside and the only one in the Leeds district to be identified by the government for “outstanding attainment and value added progress made by this group of students”. Financial resources have supported schools in recent years in a bid to address the supposed underachievement of disadvantaged pupils in England and Wales and improve their life chances. 

This is a fabulous achievement and the Academy is very proud to have worked closely with the students and their parents in providing them with the start in life they need to be well prepared for their futures and to be successful.  

The Academy has used the financial resources made available to excellent effect to implement many innovative strategies (see the link on the right) and the students have responded extremely well to the dedicated approach of all staff at Woodkirk. Methods employed by the school to improve the performance of disadvantaged students have included a drive towards one-on-one tuition, setting up a peer mentoring system involving help from sixth formers and holiday workshops.  

The national award decision will be made next month.