Thank you for visiting our website. At Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College we pride ourselves on providing a caring community that treats every student as an individual. This is fairly unique in such a large organisation. Our basic aim is to create happy students who really enjoy their learning. We like therefore to make the learning fun.

Clearly academic performance is important and we achieve this through our exceptionally well-qualified teaching staff. We also have some very good facilities and teaching resources available to support learning including a high proportion of specialist teaching rooms. We encourage young people to move out of their comfort zone in their learning and provide our students with opportunities to be challenged. A particular advantage of our academy is the potential students have to move on to our College section for their post 16 education. This is one of the largest Sixth Forms in the region. Students also receive some excellent advice and guidance about courses, careers and university applications.

There is a very rich and diverse range of extra-curricular opportunities for the students. These include a wide range of girls' and boys' sports, excellent drama, music and dance and a very extensive range of educational visits including international visits.

We really do believe in creating a happy and caring environment here at Ossett Academy. I hope you enjoy browsing our website.

Mr M Shevill, Principal, Ossett Academy.

Ossett Academy gained its best ever GCSE results with 84% of students gaining A* to C grades including English and Maths. 30% of all grades were A* or A.

Principal Martin Shevill said: "I am delighted with the performance and impressed by the calibre of our students, they are truly amazing. This places the Academy as one of the best of its kind". See the Results Breakdown for more details.

Ossett Academy endeavours to be as supportive as possible of local, national and international charities. Our biggest fund raising is for Warm Heart Malawi along with a small scale project in Addis Abba (Ethiopia). Many members of our school community are aware of fund raising locally for Wakefield Hospice and nationally for Meningitis charities. Although we will do all we can to be supportive of charity work, please appreciate that supporting every request made to the Academy will not be possible.

The Ossett Community contributes generously to charities. We have raised through Ossett Academy £30k in the last 3 school years.

We're pleased to announce that from Monday 3 June to Friday 19 July, students will be permitted to wear Ossett Academy summer uniform as outlined in the academy's Uniform Policy. The navy blue polo shirt can be purchased from Rawcliffe's, The Uniform Centre, and Natasha's retail outlets, but please be aware that each is embroidered with your child's Community name on the right hand side so it is wise to ensure that you purchase the correct one!

Full details have been despatched home with your child, or you can view the Summer Uniform letter online.

Sixth form Leavers' Day is rapidly approaching and we're aware that many students have outstanding books/resources for which they will require refunds. These can be returned to the ILC on Weds 26 June between 9.30am and 12 noon. A letter outlining the details has been posted online.

There have been a lot of updates in the letters department for parents this week, covering the Year 11 StandDown Celebration, protective equipment in Science & Technology, as well as more general updates on preparation and presentation for students. These can all be downloaded via the Letters / Notices block on the lefthandside of the frontpage of our website.

To celebrate the achievements of our Sixth Form Art & Textiles Students, we are holding an exhibition of works tomorrow night (Tuesday 14th May) from 6 til 8pm in the Art Department. Refreshments will be available.