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Archived News
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Friday 30 June 2023 LWA Starlight Cheerleaders
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Friday 16 June 2023 Aspiring Lioness Lottie
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Tuesday 6 June 2023 Leeds West Academy chosen as the Diana Award Ambassador School of the Month in May! Diana Award Ambassadors
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Friday 12 May 2023 Lance Corporal Curran
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Monday 20 February 2023 LWA Student of the Week
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Monday 20 February 2023 LWA Student of the Week
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Monday 20 February 2023 LWA Student of the Week
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Tuesday 24 January 2023 LWA Student of the Week
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Monday 23 January 2023 LWA Student of the Week
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Monday 16 January 2023 LWA Student of the Week
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Tuesday 20 December 2022 LWA Student of the week
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Friday 9 December 2022 LWA student of the week Last week's Principal Student of the Week goes to Star, who has made a successful start to year 9. She has positively approached her lessons making active contributions. Star consistently demonstrates the academy's values of 'Be Ready' and 'Be Respectful' by always being polite and fully equipped.
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Friday 23 September 2022 Extra-Curricular After School Clubs Find out more about the range of clubs on offer!
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Friday 1 July 2022 Sports Presentation Evening Celebrates Wonderful Achievements! Congratulations to all of our award winners!
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Thursday 17 March 2022 Mathematics Department Wins PTI's Bernice McCabe Award Success for Mathematics Department!
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Wednesday 9 March 2022 New Floodlit Sports Pitch Plans Approved Plans for new floodlit sports pitch given the green light!
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Thursday 20 January 2022 Leeds West Academy Recognised for Outstanding Teaching in Art, English, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Science Leeds West Academy awarded the PTI Mark for 2020/21.
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Wednesday 19 January 2022 LWA Students Nominated for Rotary Award Three students nominated for Rotary Award.
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Wednesday 10 November 2021 Sponsorship of Leeds Modernians U10 Boys' Football Team WRAT and LWA sponsor local football club!
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Thursday 21 October 2021 Notice regarding 'Squid Game' The information in the news story below has been taken from a National Online Safety newsletter.
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Saturday 9 October 2021 LWA Students of the Week Seven students received LWA's Student of the Week award.
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Tuesday 28 September 2021 LWA Students of the Week This week several members of our cheer squad received LWA's Student of the Week award.
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Tuesday 28 September 2021 LWA Students of the Week Rose and Kayden received LWA's Student of the Week award.
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Thursday 12 August 2021 GCSE Results Day 2021
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Friday 30 July 2021 Arrangements for the first week back Plans for all years returning in September.
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Monday 26 July 2021 Duke of Edinburgh July 2021 Congratulations to the our Year 9 and 10 students who completed their Bronze Expedition recently on what was the hottest weekend of the year.
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Friday 16 July 2021 LWA Students of the Week This week Layla in Year 8 have received Leeds West Academy's Student of the Week award.
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Friday 9 July 2021 LWA Students of the Week This week Lily in Year 7 has received Leeds West Academy's Student of the Week award.
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Monday 28 June 2021 LWA Expansion Plans Approved Leeds City Council has approved a planning application for expansion plans at Leeds West Academy, enabling the academy to accommodate 300 additional students.
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Friday 18 June 2021 LWA Students of the Week
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Monday 7 June 2021 LWA Students of the Week
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Wednesday 26 May 2021 Mr Whieldon Appointed as Principal of LWA We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Dan Whieldon as Principal.
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Monday 24 May 2021 LWA Receives Safeguarding Commendation The Safeguarding Alliance, the professional organisation for safeguarding practitioners, has awarded Leeds West Academy with the ‘Safeguarding Alliance COVID-19 Award’.
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Thursday 1 April 2021 Leeds West Academy - End of term message It is my privilege to thank you and our community for your support [...] It is clear that our success comes when we work together as one, when building an academy we can be proud of.
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Thursday 1 April 2021 WRAT Community Wellbeing is now available
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Thursday 25 March 2021 Home Testing Guidance We are pleased to confirm that the Covid-19 self-testing kits have now been distributed to all students.
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 LWA How to stay safe - COVID-19 Staying safe during these uncertain and difficult times.
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Thursday 20 August 2020 GCSE Results Day 2020
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Thursday 13 August 2020 Year 11 Results Guidance GCSE Results day is a day that we all look forward to.
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Wednesday 15 July 2020 Leadership changes at Leeds West Academy
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Friday 10 July 2020 Congratulations Mrs McHale and Mrs Ramsdale Congratulations to Connor in Year 8!
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Friday 26 June 2020 LWA Student of the Week Congratulations to Mea in Year 7, who is Leeds West Academy’s Student of the Week.
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Friday 26 June 2020 LWA Student of the Week
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Friday 19 June 2020 LWA Student of the Week Congratulations to Matthew in Year 7, who is Leeds West Academy’s Student of the Week.
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Tuesday 17 March 2020 Reassurance to Families Please continue to visit this page as we will provide daily updates.
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Tuesday 21 January 2020 2020 Rotary Award Winners
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Friday 6 December 2019 LWA Staff Graduate with BA (Hons) Congratulations to Ms Ramsdale and Ms McHale.
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Thursday 21 November 2019 First SPACE Day of 2019/20
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Monday 18 November 2019 Principal Employee of the Month
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Tuesday 12 November 2019 Thackray Medical Museum
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Friday 18 October 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Wednesday 2 October 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Friday 20 September 2019 Meet our Beginner Teachers
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Thursday 22 August 2019 GCSE Results Day 2019
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Thursday 15 August 2019 A Level Results Day 2019
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Wednesday 17 July 2019 Wharfedale Festival of Theatre Wharfedale Festival of Theatre celebration evening.
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Monday 8 July 2019 Future Cheer Schools Out Competition
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Tuesday 18 June 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Wednesday 5 June 2019 IGD Careers Workshop
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Thursday 16 May 2019 May Half Term Revision Do not forget to attend revision sessions during May Half Term.
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Friday 10 May 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Tuesday 30 April 2019 £1000 Holiday Voucher Winnner Our second winner of the termly £1000 Holiday Voucher for exceptional attendance.
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Tuesday 16 April 2019 Achievement for All Conference The Achievement for All: Breaking Down Barriers Conference.
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Monday 1 April 2019 LWA Easter Intervention Additional intervention sessions running in the Easter holidays.
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Wednesday 13 March 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Friday 1 March 2019 LWA University Style Lecture
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Monday 25 February 2019 Year 11 Mock Exam Timetable Week 1
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Tuesday 19 February 2019 New Inspector Resources Page
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Friday 15 February 2019 LWA visit the Valentine's Fair
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Wednesday 13 February 2019 Beauty and the Beast
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Monday 11 February 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Tuesday 29 January 2019 2019 Rotary Award Winners
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Sunday 27 January 2019 Amazing premises team
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Friday 25 January 2019 Incident in the Academy 25/01
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Friday 25 January 2019 Mechanics Theatre Workshop
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Friday 18 January 2019 University of Leeds Workshop
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Thursday 17 January 2019 LWA Student of the Week
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Monday 14 January 2019 Engage Evening with Elevate Education
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Wednesday 9 January 2019 Year 11 Mock Results Day
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Sunday 23 December 2018 Partnership with First Direct
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Sunday 23 December 2018 Year 7 Transition Award Evening
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Sunday 23 December 2018 30 Day Advent Countdown
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Sunday 23 December 2018 £1000 Holiday Voucher Winner
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Monday 10 December 2018 Specialism Drop Down Day
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Sunday 9 December 2018 LWA Student of the Week
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Friday 7 December 2018 Executive Principal's Student of the Month
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Tuesday 27 November 2018 Our Amazing Achievers We are so proud of our sixth-form students who have achieved big things this year.
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Thursday 22 November 2018 The first Space Day of the year Today, Leeds West Academy had their very first SPACE day of the academic year.
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Tuesday 20 November 2018 LWA Outstanding Attendance Reward
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Tuesday 20 November 2018 LWA Children in Need
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Thursday 15 November 2018 LWA Medical Mavericks
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Tuesday 13 November 2018 Another Excellent Engage Evening
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Monday 12 November 2018 LWA Students attend Bramley Memorial.
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Friday 9 November 2018 'Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe.'
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Monday 22 October 2018 LWA Student of the Week
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Friday 12 October 2018 LWA Student of the Week
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Tuesday 9 October 2018 Engage Evening: Total Recall
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Monday 1 October 2018 Showstopper Staff Bake Off On Friday 28th September Leeds West Academy hosted the first House Head to Head: The Showstopper Staff Bake Off.
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Friday 28 September 2018 LWA Student of the Week
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Thursday 27 September 2018 Student Parliament Launch Leeds West Academy was extremely proud to launch our student Parliament
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Monday 24 September 2018 Student of the Week
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Wednesday 19 September 2018 SIXTH FORM TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
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Friday 7 September 2018 New House System at Leeds West Academy At Leeds West Academy this September we have launched our new House System
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Thursday 30 August 2018 SQUID!
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Wednesday 29 August 2018 Arrangements for the first week back
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Saturday 25 August 2018 Leeds West Academy Secures Further Improvement In GCSE Results A second transformative year of school improvement at LWA.
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Thursday 16 August 2018 A Level Results Day Leeds West Academy are celebrating significant improvement in A-Level results, bucking the national trend.
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Wednesday 25 July 2018 Year 10 Students Go Higher The Year 10 students visited a number of Higher Education Institutions, including Leeds City College, University of Bradford and Leeds Trinity University.
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Tuesday 24 July 2018 Wonder Book Launch 'Wonder-ful' reading initiative for our new starters is now live.
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Tuesday 10 July 2018 A Rugby Masterclass with Jamie Peacock and Rob Burrow Students inspired by sporting legends to work hard
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Friday 29 June 2018 Finals of The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge Heading to the finals of national business competition
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Friday 22 June 2018 Nurture work with Trinity Kitchen Building essential life skills with local business
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Thursday 14 June 2018 Go Higher West Yorkshire Bus at year 9 Parents' Evening Getting on board with post-16 options
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Tuesday 12 June 2018 Money raised for Lord Mayor's chosen charity Non-uniform day supports Candlelighters charity
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Friday 25 May 2018 Fiction Addiction visits the Leeds Book Awards LWA book club meets famous authors at Leeds Civic Hall
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Wednesday 9 May 2018 Engaging Music and Production Trips Operating technical equipment and meeting drumming legend
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Thursday 3 May 2018 Principal's Update: Summer Term Exam preparations, high quality teaching and football success
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Wednesday 25 April 2018 Fiction Addiction Club's Zine Making Reading club create magazine at local library
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Wednesday 21 March 2018 Psychology Students Visit Leeds Trinity Uni Learning from psychology lecturers
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Wednesday 7 March 2018 Student Donates Hair to Charity Tommy shares why he decided to cut off his locks.
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Monday 26 February 2018 Principal's Update: Term Expectations Welcome Back to Spring Term from Mr Wilcocks.
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Wednesday 7 February 2018 Final Bow for the Sensational Billy Elliot Huge triumph for the brilliant production.
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Friday 2 February 2018 Nurture Students' Course Success Course graduation and charity cheque handover.
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Tuesday 30 January 2018 LWA Footballer Trials at Bradford City Student's try out at professional club.
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Sunday 14 January 2018 Countdown to Billy Elliot - The Musical Get your tickets for our biggest toe-tapping show.
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Thursday 21 December 2017 Student Volunteer Police Cadets A spirit of adventure with good citizenship.
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Monday 11 December 2017 Year 7 Transition Awards Evening Recognising the efforts of a new year group.
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Friday 8 December 2017 Considering University with Year 12 Exploring future options through performance.
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Friday 1 December 2017 The Brilliant Club's Investigation Make no bones about this new research talent!
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Wednesday 22 November 2017 A trip to Parliament & Google HQ Trust Student Leadership group in London.
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Tuesday 14 November 2017 PIE Working Wonders with Year 10 Theatre explores the importance of exam subjects.
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Friday 3 November 2017 Trust-wide Students of the Month Exceptional conduct and outstanding progress.
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Thursday 12 October 2017 Kick Off for WRFA+ Vultures UEFA-A Advanced Coaching for Post-16 footballers.
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Monday 25 September 2017 Sports Taster Day with Go Higher An opportunity to explore Higher Education.
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Monday 6 March 2017 Student Council Training & Development Collaboration Trust-wide collaboration enhances vision.
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Monday 11 July 2016 The Lion King at Wharfedale Festival Whole school production wins the lion's share
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Wednesday 4 May 2016 Now accepting specialism applications for 2016-17
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Friday 1 April 2016 Bright Friday with the Lord Mayor A civic visit for SACAR & Specialist Autism Services
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Monday 14 March 2016 Final Curtain on The Lion King Whole school production closes to standing ovation
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Tuesday 12 January 2016 Promoting Equal Opportunities in STEM Following the success and broad appeal of...
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Monday 28 September 2015 Student of the Year Awards 2015 Sixth Former is Highly Commended in National Award
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Wednesday 13 May 2015 Furthering STEM Opportunities In March, three schools within the White Rose Academies Trust, including Leeds West Academy, worked collaboratively at Asda's MCE and The Ahead Partership's STEM event.