The Farnley Academy is committed to safeguarding young people and takes this responsibility very seriously. As a parent or carer you may access our Child Protection Policy below: ... MORE DETAILS

Parents’ evenings provide an important opportunity for parents and carers to meet with teachers to discuss their children’s reports and find out what they can do to further support learning at home. Each family is encouraged to see a minimum o... MORE DETAILS

We understand the importance of communicating clearly with you, our parents and carers, to ensure that you are kept fully informed of developments affecting your child’s education. As a school we now use the following tools for communica... MORE DETAILS

The Student Planner is a very important feature of life at The Farnley Academy. It is used by students to record their homework and assessment information, and by staff to indicate rewards and sanctions. As such, the Student Planner is a vital too... MORE DETAILS

Positive Discipline is centred on three very simple concepts: that all young people enjoy been effectively rewarding for their effort; that most young people need clear guidelines in terms of what constitutes acceptable be... MORE DETAILS

What to do if you think your child is being bullied? It is really important that you talk to your child about the issues and try to gather as much information as possible, particularly the names of the bullies. It is also helpful to find... MORE DETAILS

The Farnley Academy is proud to hold National Healthy School Status and to be part of the Leeds Healthy Schools and Wellbeing programme. What is a Healthy School? To achieve the standard, schools must show that they meet over forty cr... MORE DETAILS

The Farnley Academy is extremely proud of its curriculum developments over the last twelve months. A move to establish a diverse and forward thinking Key Stage 4 programme has led to the creation of ‘curriculum pathways’ in which students... MORE DETAILS

During the Autumn Term 2011 we launched ‘Friends of Farnley’, a forum for discussion with parents and carers. This provides an important opportunity for you to shape the future of our school and I hope that many of you will join us in this new... MORE DETAILS