Horbury Academy

Horbury Academy
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Ms Miriam Oakley
Location	Wakefield Road Horbury City of Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 5HE England
Local authority	Wakefield
DfE number	384/4028
DfE URN	138707 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Website	School website

Horbury Academy (formerly Horbury School) is a mixed secondary school located in Horbury in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.^[1]

The school previously held specialist status as a Language College, and a new building was completed in 2009 on the same site as the old one. In September 2012 Horbury School Converted to academy status and was renamed Horbury Academy. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.^[2]

Notable former pupils

Lee Beachill, squash player
The Cribs, rock band

References

↑ "Horbury Academy". horburyacademy.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ "Curriculum statement". horburyacademy.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

External links

Horbury Academy official website

Schools in the City of Wakefield

Secondary schools	Airedale Academy Castleford Academy Carleton Community High School Cathedral Academy Crofton Academy De Lacy Academy The Featherstone Academy Freeston Academy Hemsworth Arts and Community Academy Horbury Academy Kettlethorpe High School The King's School Minsthorpe Community College Ossett Academy Outwood Grange Academy St Thomas à Becket RC College St Wilfrid's RC High School Wakefield City Academy

Special schools	Oakfield Park Special School

Independent schools	Ackworth School Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Silcoates School Wakefield Girls' High School

FE & sixth form colleges	NEW College, Pontefract Wakefield College

Defunct schools	Pontefract and District Girls High School

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