Leeds West Academy is a secondary school with academy status in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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History
Leeds West Academy was founded in September 2009, and replaced Intake High School which was on the same site and had the same head teacher. The academy moved into new buildings on the site in September 2011.
Links with other schools
The school has a partnership with Leeds East Academy and Leeds City Academy. The schools were previously sponsored by E-ACT, however in 2014 the schools joined the White Rose Academies Trust with Leeds City College as the main sponsor. Leeds West Academy specialises in performing arts (following Intake High School's specialism in this area) and English.
Academic results
Its 2012 Ofsted report graded Leeds West Academy as "good", however it found behaviour and safety of pupils to only be "adequate".
Appointment of new Executive Principal
In May 2016 Andrew Whitaker was appointed as the new Executive Principal of White Rose Academies replacing the current Executive Principal/CEO, Annette Hall, with effect from September 2016. Andrew Whitaker was formally headteacher at Todmorden High School and steered the school from an Ofsted rating of ‘requires improvement’ (2013) to ‘good with outstanding features’ (2015).