The Farnley Academy

The Farnley Academy
Established 2012
Type Academy
Executive Principal Sir John Townsley
Principal Scott Wilson
Chair of Governors Robert Greaves
Location Chapel Lane
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 5EU
England
Coordinates: 53°47′00″N 1°37′12″W / 53.78344°N 1.61999°W / 53.78344; -1.61999
Local authority City of Leeds
DfE number 383/4026
DfE URN 137577 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Houses Bronte House, Asquith House, Moore House, Tomlinson House
Colours Silver, Purple
Website school website

The Farnley Academy is a secondary school with serving the Farnley, New Farnley and Wortley wards of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

The Farnley Academy is built on the site of Cow Close Secondary School which became Harrington High, then Farnley Park High and then Farnley Park Maths and Computing College. The school was converted to academy status in 2012 and was renamed The Farnley Academy. The first phase of the school's £23 million Building Schools for the Future programme was completed in February 2012 with the opening of the Tomlinson Building. The refurbished Bronte Building opened in September 2012 with the whole project completed in November 2012.

Today, the school forms part of the Gorse Academies Trust which also includes The Morley Academy, The Ruth Gorse Academy and the Elliott Hudson College.[2] The Farnley Academy's GCSE results improved from 32% 5+ A*-C EM in 2009 to 73% 5+ A*-C in 2014.

The Farnley Academy is one of the few schools in the country to share a site with a centre for children with complex needs, the West SILC.

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