Our Journey

At The Featherstone Academy we teach the core personal values of respect, aspiration, and pride.

The Featherstone Academy is a small inclusive Academy comprising 562 students. We also have a Wakefield Education Authority specialist provision on site for a number of autistic children who join some of our curriculum with peers of their own age.   Over the last four years, the school has grown in size; partly due to our growing reputation in the area, and also to our improvement in results for our young people.

The Featherstone Academy is part of Resilience Multi Academy Trust. With a strong focus on resilience, growth mindset and positive discipline, the Resilience Ethos has helped to transform The Featherstone Academy, as well as the lives of students and teachers. These values have created a learning environment in which all students can succeed. This environment is supported by an imaginative curriculum in all year groups. The staff of The Featherstone Academy are committed to ensuring the students who attend the academy are successful and able to achieve their goals, through hard work, recognition of their individual success and a relentless drive to ensure student achievement.

The curriculum instils resilience in our students the moment they enter the academy and is continuous through their time with us. 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.

The Featherstone Academy is a lively, community academy which thrives on the positive relationships with parents and carers that support us and their child’s learning. We are a small school with an inclusive culture and warm ethos which is recognised by all who visit.