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Wakefield School Rugby League Team Continues Winning Tradition

The year 11 boys team from Outwood Grange Academy beat the year 11 boys team from Oldham-based Saddleworth School, 30-16 in the final at Post Office Road Stadium, the home of the 2018 Rugby League Championship Shield winners, Featherstone Rovers.

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School Suffers Set-Back Ahead Of Potential Record-Breaking Summer

Outwood Academy Adwick was inspected by the education watchdog on 26 and 27 March this year. Despite inspectors praising the Academy’s new leadership and grading that as Good, the school saw its overall Ofsted rating move from Outstanding to Requires Improvement.  

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Educational Charity Team Up With School To Teach Students About Crime

An educational charity has teamed up with a North Yorkshire secondary school to teach students about the causes and consequences of crime. Members of the national crime education charity, Prison Me! No Way! spent the day with year 9 students from Outwood Academy Ripon, based on Clotherholme Road. 

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Academy Trust Launches New Behaviour Policy

Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT), an education charity established in 2009, will implement the new policy in full from the start of the new academic year in September 2019. The decision to refresh the policy was taken before an application was made to the High Court on behalf of a student at one of the Trust’s academies.

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Wakefield Primary School Rated Outstanding By Ofsted

Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane, based in Outwood, converted to an academy in December 2012, sponsored by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, following two inspections where the school was deemed to Require Improvement.  At its first inspection as an academy (May 2014), the school was rated as ‘Good’ by the education watchdog.

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Doncaster School Gets Visit From Status Quo Drummer

Status Quo drummer, Jeff Rich, visited Outwood Academy Adwick to deliver a musical workshop with the students. The session saw over 100 students playing percussion instruments along with Jeff and learning about the history, development and versatility of the drums.

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