A primary academy in Wakefield has marked the completion of seven-figure major-redevelopment works with a socially distanced celebration opening of its new extension.

Selected from thousands of nominations, the Outwood Family is one of just 76 Silver Award winners across the country. Outwood Grange Academies Trust was honoured with a Silver Award in The Award for Impact through Partnership for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of the children they work with every day.

This time we sat down with Kristina Carpenter, Associate Assistant Principal at Outwood Academy Adwick.

A teenage athlete from Wakefield has produced the performance of her career so far to finish fourth at the Muller British Athletics Championships 2020, in Manchester, live on BBC One.

This time we sat down with Julia Pinder, Vice Principal at Outwood Academy City, who began her Outwood journey back in 2006 at Outwood Academy Adwick.

OA Bishopsgarth based in Stockton-on-Tees has hosted a national charity that provides staff and students with a range of practical oracy workshops as students return to school for the Autumn term.

A Wakefield-based primary school has been awarded Gold Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.

The Outwood Family is proud to be supporting the #backtoschoolsafely campaign recently launched by the Government.

Following the 2020 GCSE results day, the Outwood Family is once again celebrating the success of its students, who in the face of uncertainty brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic continued to show a stoic determination to keep on going.

Outwood Primary Academy (OPA) Greystone, based on Quarry Moor Lane, has been awarded the Quality Mark which celebrates outstanding religious education (RE) in all primary, and secondary schools, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.