House Champions 2024/25
Bronte
Miss Hart
House Leader
The Farnley Academy provides all students with the opportunity to take a fully inclusive part in a whole school House System. The House System is designed to encourage students to extend their learning in a range of curriculum areas. It is hoped that students will also develop a sense of community cohesion and responsibility within their Houses.
The current House System is based upon four prominent local celebrated figures. Students are allocated to one of the four Houses: Asquith (blue), Bronte (red), Tomlinson (yellow) or Moore (green). Students remain members of their Houses throughout their time at The Farnley Academy and this is represented through tie colour stripes and their planners.
Each House has House captains who are there to support the other students in their House. Our House Captains encourage students to enter competitions, weekly pop up events and win tokens. They also help with the running of House competitions and pop-up events and contribute ideas towards both competitions and prizes. Our House Captains act as excellent role models to the other students in their House, they are all committed, enthusiastic and passionate about their House.
Each House is led by a member of the Senior Leadership Team who is responsible for leading his or her students to success in a wide range of House competitions. Heads of Houses may also deliver assemblies, alongside Captains and Deputies, to inform, motivate and celebrate achievement.
Asquith
Head of House
Mr Downes
Herbert Henry Asquith was famous for being Liberal prime Minister of the UK 1908-1916 and leading the nation into the First World War. He was born locally in Morley.
Bronte
Head of House
Mr Van Der Gucht
Mrs Carney
The Bronte sisters were famous novelists from Howarth, West Yorkshire – Charlotte, Emily and Anne.
They wrote ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘The Tenant of ‘Wildfell Hall’ to name a few.
The sisters had male pseudonyms to enable them to be published – Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
Moore
Head of House
Mrs Booth
Henry Moore was famous for being an international abstract sculptor – you have probably seen his work at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds City Centre . Most of the money he earned went towards endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts today.
Tomlinson
Head of House
Mr Harding
Mr Vickers
Jane Tomlinson was famous for being an amazing athlete and an inspirational fundraiser for cancer sufferers. She raised a staggering 1.85 million pounds over the course of her life before dying in 2007.
The Token Collector
Our token collector is at the heart of the House system, this how we keep track of the standings of each House. There are many different tokens that our students can collect throughout the year.
The House Token is awarded for positive contributions and displaying 100% effort in lessons. Every teacher gives out 1 House Token per lesson. The House Token is also given to students who enter House competitions and pop ups throughout the year.
The Clean Slate Token is awarded to students who display exceptional behaviour and receive 0 comments in a week.
The Behaviour Leader Token is awarded to students who display positive or improved behaviour and embody our academies core values.
The SLT Token is given in PD to a student who has had an exceptional week.
The Principal Gold token is awarded by Mr Little to students who are continuously getting things right.
The Kindness Token is awarded for every two kindness stamp you receive.
The Purpose of the House Token
REWARDS!
We want to reward the House that is performing the best. The House that is in the lead at the end of each half term will win an amazing prize. This encourages our students to work together to succeed in the House system.
RECOGNITION!
We want to reward our students for when they are performing at their best so that they can feel proud about their achievements no matter how big or small. We also want to celebrate when our students embody our Academies core values of Ambitious, Resilience and Kind.
HEALTHY COMPETITION!
House encourages friendly competitive spirit across the academy. Students are provided with the opportunity to represent their House in various different ways; winning House tokens in lessons, entering competitions and through pop-ups.
Prizes
The House that is in the lead at the end of each half term will get rewarded for their hard work. This year the half termly prizes are:
Domino’s Pizza
Half Term 1
Movie Afternoon
Half Term 2
Reward Trip
Half Term 3
Non Uniform Day
Half Term 4
Ice Cream
Half Term 5
Reward Event
Half Term 6
