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Raising standards and transforming the lives of over 30,000 students in over 40 academies.

Welcome to Outwood. We are an award-winning multi-academy education trust with passion, purpose and people at our heart. We manage 41 transformative primary, junior, secondary and Post 16 schools up and down the North of England, from Redcar to Nottinghamshire, each celebrating very different identities but driven by a shared vision. Each academy is individually shaped around the community and children it serves.

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Outwood continues to empower the next generation of female leaders
Outwood continues to empower the next generation of female leaders

The Outwood Institute of Education’s (OIE) annual Women into Leadership programme, first launched in 2018, has commenced with its newest cohort, offering a unique opportunity for female teaching and support staff to develop their leadership potential.

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Yorkshire educator revealed as winner of prestigious UK Teaching Award on BBC's The One Show
Yorkshire educator revealed as winner of prestigious UK Teaching Award on BBC's The One Show

Gosia Watts, teacher at Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill, has been recognised as the Gold Winner of the Award for Teacher of the Year in a Primary School, in the 2025 Pearson National Teaching Awards, considered the ‘Oscars’ of the teaching profession. The exclusive reveal was mentioned last night on BBC’s The One Show, ahead of a glamorous awards ceremony taking place this weekend. 

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Student-led initiative named Community Impact Award winner
Student-led initiative named Community Impact Award winner

The Outwood Family of Schools (Outwood Grange Academies Trust – OGAT) has scooped an award win at the Connect Yorkshire Business Awards, held on Thursday, November 20th, at the AMT Headingley Stadium.

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Outwood Academy Acklam achieves quality standard for careers work
Outwood Academy Acklam achieves quality standard for careers work

Outwood Academy Acklam has been awarded the national Quality in Careers Standard under licence by Ixion (Part of the Shaw Trust Group).

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