The Farnley Academy is a secondary school with serving the Farnley, New Farnley and Wortley wards of

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, England. Mr Stokes is the principal at the Academy 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

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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 Morley Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Morley, West Yorkshire, England. The school forms part of the Gorse Academies Trust which also includes The Farnley Academy, The Ruth Gorse Academy and the Elliott Hudson College. ...

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and the

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. 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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