The Farnley Academy

11/09/2026

We are excited to announce our first ever Year 7 Team Building Day, which will take place on Monday 14 September 2026.

Throughout the day, pupils will complete a range of team challenges and problem-solving activities to earn points for their form. The day is designed to help our newest pupils get to know one another, strengthen their sense of belonging and develop the teamwork skills that will help them start Year 7 strongly.

There will be prizes and recognition for individuals and forms that best demonstrate our Academy values of ambition, resilience and kindness.

Pupils will attend their normal lessons during periods 2 and 4, so they must bring their planner and usual equipment. They should attend the Academy in their full PE kit for the whole day.

09/09/2026

Y10 Engage Evening - Wednesday 16 September

Parents and carers of students in Year 10 will shortly receive a letter detailing more about this event, where you can come and meet your teachers and find out more about what the options you have chosen will entail over the next two years. It also gives parents and carers an insight into how your child has started in their new subjects.

Please confirm attendance via parentpay once this goes live tomorrow. We hope to see many of you there!😊

Thank you

07/09/2026

Year 7 Parent information for PD trips 🎉🎢🎡

If anyone has any questions , is struggling with payment or needs their parent pay details , please contact the academy asap . Any payment not received by the deadline will mean that your child will unfortunately miss out on this year’s trip. If any year 7 wishes to switch trips , we can honour this until Friday 11 September , after this date we will be unable to make any amendments due to confirming numbers.



Flamingo Land
The cost of the trip is £38 which includes the cost of the coach and entry into Flamingo land. To secure your child’s place on this trip, please complete the consent form and E1 form on ParentPay and make the full payment by Friday 25 September 2026. Students are expected to arrive at the academy at 8.00 am on Friday 16 October 2026. Once they have registered, they will be directed to their lead member of staff and coach number ready to leave the academy at 8.20 am. Students will then return to the academy at approximately 5.30 pm.



Chester Zoo
The cost of the trip is £28 and includes the cost of the coach and entry into Chester Zoo. To secure your child’s place on this trip, please complete the consent form and E1 form on ParentPay and make the full payment by Friday 25 September 2026. Students are expected to arrive at the academy at 7.45 am on Friday 16 October 2026. Once they have registered, they will be directed to their lead member of staff and coach number ready to leave the academy at 8.00 am. Students will then return to the academy at approximately 6.00 pm.



Bowling and Cinema
The cost of the trip is £18 and includes the cost of the coach and entry into Bowling and Cinema. To secure your child’s place on this trip, please complete the consent form and E1 form on ParentPay and make the full payment by Friday 25 September 2026. Students are expected to arrive at the academy at 8.30 am on Friday 16 October and attend form as usual. Once they have registered in form, they will be directed to their lead member of staff and coach number ready to leave the academy. Students will then return to the academy throughout the academic day and be dismissed at 3.00 pm as per the usual school day.

06/09/2026

Enrichment Timetable!

Our excellent Enrichment offering begins this week, please take the time to view what we have on offer for our students. We hope there is something there for everyone :)

https://www.farnley.leeds.sch.uk/enrichment-at-tfa/

*PE clubs will start properly from Tuesday as we are hosting a 'Freshers Fair' on Monday specifically for Y7 students (see previous post).

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04/09/2026

Y7 Enrichment Freshers Fair!

Come along on Monday to see what activities you can get involved with after at TFA as part of our Enrichment programme. All clubs are absolutely free and all you have to do is turn up on the quad at 3pm with your PE kit. There is so much we have to offer and we would love to see as many Y7 students attending as possible. 😊

27/08/2026

🟢⚪ WELCOME BACK TO THE FARNLEY ACADEMY! ⚪🟢

📅 Thursday 3 September 2026

(Tuesday 1 September and Wednesday 2 September 2026 will be staff training days; therefore, students will not be required to attend school on these days.)

We are looking forward to welcoming all students back for the start of another fantastic academic year!

⏰ Arrival Times

🟢 Year 7 – 8:30am
🟢 Year 11 – 9:20am
🟢 Year 8 – 10:10am
🟢 Year 9 – 11:00am
🟢 Year 10 – 11:40am

Students should arrive promptly, wearing full academy uniform and equipped with everything they need for a successful start to the year. These arrival times are part of the academy's phased return arrangements for Thursday 3 September.

✅ Full academy uniform
✅ Academy lanyard
✅ School bag
✅ Essential equipment
✅ Positive attitude

📚 Students will spend the day with their form groups, taking part in induction activities, receiving key information and preparing for a successful year ahead.

📅 Friday 4 September - All students return at 8:30am and will follow their normal timetable.

21/08/2026

Summer School 2026! 😊🎉

A huge well done to all of our students who have attended this week. We have been blown away with how kind, hard working and enthusiastic they have been.

It has been great to see new friendships form and for us as teachers to learn about lots of new school ahead of starting in September.

We hope you have enjoyed today's reward event of inflatables, ice cream, hot dogs, beach volleyball and football. Have a lovely last week of the holidays.

Thank you for being great and trying your best. Well done!😊👍👊

21/08/2026

GCSE Results Day 2026!🎉😊

A huge well done to all of our Year 11 students who received their results yesterday. We wish you the very best with what the future brings. Remember, we are always here if you need anything. We are proud of you all for all of your hard work.

Goodbye and good luck! 😊

19/08/2026

Y11 Results day!

Year 11 exam results will be available tomorrow from 8.30am to 12pm.
Parents are welcome to attend and Elliott Hudson College will be on site to enrol students. 📚✏️

We wish all of our students the best of luck ahead of tomorrow 🤞🙂

16/08/2026

Summer School!

We hope you're having a lovely summer and have enjoyed the sun. We are really looking forward for our Summer School starting next week on Monday 17 August as detailed in the information letter sent out before the end of the summer term. Please can we ask that children bring with them a bag for each day. If you are part of the morning session it is 8.30-11.50am and the afternoon session is 12.45-3.50pm

We will be providing equipment for the week to support in lessons. It is non-uniform, but we ask that students come in sensible clothing that would be suitable for practical subjects such as PE and Drama. Please can we also ask that you check the weather each day as it looks up and down this week.

We hope your child has a brilliant week. If you have any questions there will be staff on the main gate at drop off times and end of the day times to support.😊

Have a great Sunday! Thank you.