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John Smeaton AcademySmeaton Approach,LeedsLS15 8TA0113 831 3900www.johnsmeatonacademy.org.uk

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

The Leeds Jewish Free SchoolThe Henry Cohen CampusWentworth AvenueLeeds LS17 7TN0113 269 3176www.ljfs.org

The Rodillian AcademyLongthorpe LaneLofthouseWakefi eldWF3 3PS01924 872 252www.rodillianacademy.co.uk

BBGBradford Road,Birkenshaw,West YorkshireBD19 4BE01274 871 225www.bbgacademy.com

The Featherstone AcademyPontefract RoadFeatherstonePontefractWest YorkshireWF7 5AJ01977 722 805www.featherstoneacademy.org.uk

Southway at The Rodillian Multi Academy TrustLongthorpe LaneWakefi eldWF3 3PS01924 872 252

I am proud to welcome you to The Featherstone Academy, part of The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust.

As part of The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust we are committed to providing private school opportunities in a modern comprehensive environment. Working alongside one of the country’s leading academies we are at the forefront of school improvement

The Featherstone Academy is committed to the traditional values of discipline, good behaviour and respect. We believe these to be sacrosanct. These values have created a learning environment in which all students can succeed. This environment is supported by an imaginative, diff erentiated curriculum in all year groups.

The staff of The Featherstone Academy are committed to ensuring the students who attend the academy are able to achieve their goals, through hard work, recognition of their individual success and a relentless drive to ensure student success.

Mr J Kenneally Head of School


Welcometo

Leadership is Outstanding Every aspect of the provision has improved and leaders

continue to push forward with uncompromising drive and determination. Students are extremely appreciative

of the work done by The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust to improve the academy so quickly.

Ofsted Report March 2015

“Leadership is “Leadership is

”to improve the academy so quickly.”to improve the academy so quickly.


A relentless expectation that our students can achieve success in our academyAt the centre of The Featherstone Academy is a focus on delivering high academic standards to allow students to attain outstanding outcomes. These will allow students to progress to the next stage of their lives successfully. These outcomes do not just happen. Our staff have been encouraged to provide a learning environment which will stimulate and inspire, in order to develop the students quest for knowledge.

The curriculum instills resilience in our students the moment they enter the school and is continuous through their time with us. Encompassed within this innovative curriculum is our belief in a growth mindset.The belief that intelligence is far from

fi xed or inherited but an area we can all improve if we work hard and learn from our mistakes.

We encourage our students to experiment and take risks in their learning to establish an environment where intelligent failure is just the start on the road to success.

We have a duty to prepare our students for the extensive examinations that they now face in the current education system.At Featherstone this starts in Year 7with a structured assessment and examination calendar, which includes mock examinations. We will equip them with the skills and exam techniques required to be successful

in examination situations. We aim for this to become normal practice and therefore less stressful at an important time in their lives in years 10 and 11.

We appreciate that for a student to be successful in their learning, the school and parents need to work in collaboration. To facilitate this, at strategic points of the year, parents are invited into the academy to discuss their child’s progress or to hear about strategies to support them with their forthcoming examinations. Of course our staff are always willing to answer any questions you may have in relation to your son/daughter.

Aspirations and expectations are rising

and there is an increasing sense of pride and self-

belief that is carrying improvements forward at

an increasing pace.



AIMS & ETHOS

“Aspirations and “Aspirations and

”an increasing pace.”an increasing pace.

The statutory 25 hours per week has been timetabled for students as 30 lessons of 50 minutes. Due to the fi nish time of 2.30pm, each day is expanded with extra-curricular clubs or by using our compulsory Period 7 initiative. The Period 7 initiative works with small groups of students, particularly in Key Stage 4, across the curriculum focusing on areas identifi ed after the assessment periods, which require additional targeted support to ensure success.

In Key Stage 3 we deliver the enrichment curriculum, where we provide the opportunity to learn and have fun.

In Year 7 we have our “Rise and Read” strategy to improve literacy and develop the love of reading. For two mornings of the week, students in Year 7 start earlier and have reading sessions with a member of staff . This is undertaken in small-targeted groups for intense intervention.

Students are expected to make options choices in Year 7 and Year 8 across a range of practical and art based subjects to allow them to specialise in an area of interest.

In Year 8 students undertake an Applied Resilience curriculum, where Students spend an afternoon studying a variety of topics such as cooking, woodwork, team sports, and horticulture.

In Year 9 they will choose from the same subjects but this will be taught as a GCSE taster option. In Year 9 it is also compulsory to select an Ebacc option from History, Geography or French. Students may then go on to complete a GCSE in these subjects in Year 10 or 11.

At The Featherstone Academy we deliver GCSE option subjects in one year, which means our students gain qualifi cations at the end of Year 10. This has been successful in ourother trust schools as it allows students to focus and master subjects, while having more choices to make in Year 11.

We off er an innovative, exciting curriculum based on developing student’s skills and understanding, building towards examination outcomes in Years 10 and 11.

CURRICULUM

I am pleased that my son chose to attend The Featherstone Academy.

The school knows my child well and makes sure

that he is supported and challenged. Both he and

I are confi dent he will be successful here.

Parent comment

Teachers have high expectations of students;

they plan lessons well and have good subject

knowledge.


“I am pleased that my “I am pleased that my “Teachers have high “Teachers have high

”successful here.”successful here.

”knowledge.”knowledge.



The foundation of The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust and the reason for its continued success is Positive Discipline (PD).

The behaviour of students is good. The

new behaviour system, introduced at the start of

the academic year, has dramatically improved

behaviour both in and out of lessons. Students say

that they feel very safe in the academy.


“The behaviour of “The behaviour of

”the academy.”the academy.


The safety and well being of our students is of paramount importance to the academy and the wider trust. Procedures for safeguarding are in line with the Wakefi eld Guidelines and

Policy. Senior and Pastoral staff are trained as Nominated Child Protection Personnel and all staff within the academy receive regular training in Safeguarding and Child Protection.

The Featherstone Academy: Safeguarding and Child Protection

Without good behaviour in our schools staff cannot teach and therefore students cannot learn. PD also enables us to reward good progress, behaviour and outstanding work. As a Trust we organise annual rewards trips and awards evenings to celebrate student success.

The majority of students are well mannered and have a positive attitude to learning. PD ensures that the possible behaviour of a small minority of students does not interfere with the progress of others. This enables our teachers to teach and students to feel safe, happy and able to learn and thrive.

We place a great emphasis on teachers freedom to teach, as well as their consistency of marking and feedback.

This ensures that every young person in our care is stretched and challenged in their learning, as the appropriate feedback ensures that students learn from their mistakes through Dedicated Improvement and Refl ection Time (D.I.R.T).

Calendared assessment and examination periods with clear feedback to students will determine intervention and movement between teaching groups to ensure appropriate provision.

Diff erentiated provision ensures that students regardless of ability benefi t from high quality personalised teaching coupled with comprehensive intervention strategies to ensure stretch and challenge in all lessons.

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John Smeaton AcademySmeaton Approach,LeedsLS15 8TA0113 831 3900www.johnsmeatonacademy.org.uk

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

The Leeds Jewish Free SchoolThe Henry Cohen CampusWentworth AvenueLeeds LS17 7TN0113 269 3176www.ljfs.org

The Rodillian AcademyLongthorpe LaneLofthouseWakefi eldWF3 3PS01924 872 252www.rodillianacademy.co.uk

BBGBradford Road,Birkenshaw,West YorkshireBD19 4BE01274 871 225www.bbgacademy.com

The Featherstone AcademyPontefract RoadFeatherstonePontefractWest YorkshireWF7 5AJ01977 722 805www.featherstoneacademy.org.uk

Southway at The Rodillian Multi Academy TrustLongthorpe LaneWakefi eldWF3 3PS01924 872 252

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