Hello. We can confirm that the full range of lunchtime and after school sports clubs will become available to our students from Monday 22nd September. There will be the opportunity to sign up for these clubs next week and information will be provided in form time regarding how to do this. Thanks.

We are so proud of our Jayden competing for the Bradford city disability football team. He scored a hatrick and they won a tournament near Hull. Amazing.

The Head of Secondary has written to secondary parents & carers ahead of the start of the new school year next week. The letter is available on our website here: tinyurl.com/25vbpj9n. Please note details of the phased return of secondary students. We look forward to welcoming everyone back!

We would like to thank our pupils, staff, parents & carers, governors, trustees and colleagues in the Central Team at Exceed Academies Trust for your support and hard work this year. We hope you all have a fantastic summer break and we look forward to seeing you all again in September!

The Head of Secondary, Mrs Garlick, has written to parents to mark the end of the school year and look ahead to September 2025. The letter can be found on our website or read via this link: tinyurl.com/46u2286f

Our summer newsletters for both Primary and Secondary are now available in the 'Newsletters' section of our website, or can be viewed via the following links: Primary - tinyurl.com/4nam2w58 Secondary - tinyurl.com/3crvrs26

Our summer staff read @appletonacademy.bsky.social is #GettingAway by @katesawyer.bsky.social thanks to @readingagency.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social

We will once again be hosting 'pop up' shops on site for our uniform suppliers, Rawcliffes and The Uniform Shop, on Wednesday 9 July 2025 between 8.30am and 3.30pm. If you would like to get a start on your uniform shopping for September, the pop up shops will be located outside school reception.

Our Transition Day was a great success, and it was wonderful to meet the students who will be joining us in September! 🌟 You were all fantastic and we hope you enjoyed getting a taste of life at Appleton. 💜 We look forward to seeing you all again in September! 👋 #inspirenurturedevelop

As we get ready for the traditional end of school for our Year 11 students with the Prom, we have been celebrating all of their achievements in school during the last 5 years with assemblies & end of year trips. We can't wait to see what they achieve next & wish them all the greatest of luck!

Our @appletonacademy.bsky.social #CarnegieMedals chose their favourite book #TreacleTown by @ConagahanAuthor

Bravo! 👏 👏 👏 To all our brilliant actors in our Midsummer Nights Dream performance! We are immensely proud of you! ✨ @appletonacademy.bsky.social

6SL @appletonacademy.bsky.social enjoyed using microscopes in a Secondary science class to look at plant cells.

Delighted to have received our copies of Super Unicorn Princess @appletonacademy.bsky.social Thanks to @simonandschuster.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social @mikehartigan.bsky.social

Our latest anthology launch @appletonacademy.bsky.social takes place this Thursday. 3.15 for primary students and 4.45 for secondary. Contact Mrs Parr if you would like to attend.

Our latest staff reading group reads @appletonacademy.bsky.social #YoungLove and #TheSingleNeighbour Many thanks @uclanpublishing @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social

Excited to share our latest resources with readers @appletonacademy.bsky.social #TheDoughnutClub Thanks to @nosycrow.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social

We have arrived and are seated at the Royal Opera House waiting for the performance of Carmen to start! So exciting! It's a stunning building!

Our Year 9 Scholars have this morning set off to London for an exciting trip to watch Carmen the Opera at the Royal Opera House, before enjoying a visit to the National Art Gallery. Enjoy your day in the capital Year 9!

Our @carnegiemedals.bsky.social shadowing continues @appletonacademy.bsky.social with our PE teacher, Miss Storey chatting about what she loved about #LittleBang by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social

Year 7s have started our ukulele scheme of work and what a fantastic start! 🤩 They will be learning a range of songs throughout popular music and mastering the ukulele! Keep it up Year 7! 🎶 @appletonacademy.bsky.social

Some outstanding work from our Year 9 Students who are preparing for Year 10 with an introduction to Macbeth. Our students have been performing, directing and designing the key scenes of the play. ✨✨✨ @appletonacademy.bsky.social

Some of our Year 8 drama students have been making use of our amphitheatre space and exploring chair duets. ✨ @appletonacademy.bsky.social

Our Draw with Chris session @appletonacademy.bsky.social for parents and students is focussing on the alphabet

Here’s a great video of a ‘Day in the Life’ of one of our primary SCITT teachers. Laura is currently in her final stage as an apprentice at @appletonacademy.bsky.social #teachertraining #exceedscitt #bradford #weexceed #primary #newcareer #apprenticeteacher #handsonlearning #newcareer

Students @appletonacademy.bsky.social took part in The Young Poet Laureate programme with @literacy-trust.bsky.social . Ffyon was shortlisted and features in the latest anthology

Students @appletonacademy.bsky.social took part in a county lines writing project with author Christina Gabbitas. Their work has been featured in a special anthology.

Our Chatterbooks club @appletonacademy.bsky.social are enjoying #UsbornePuzzleAdventuresTheGoldenDragon thanks to @usborne @readingagency.bsky.social

Draw with Chris session @appletonacademy.bsky.social for Key stage two families is Thursday 22nd May from 3pm not 23rd!! contact Mrs Parr if you'd like to attend

@appletonacademy.bsky.social continue our #CarnegieShadowing with our science teacher Mr Sroka telling us why he enjoyed #TheFinalYear by the wonderful @mattgoodfellow.bsky.social

@appletonacademy.bsky.social loved entertaining our very special guests for #VEDay thanks to all our armed forces past and present. Tea,poetry and song. A lovely afternoon.

What a wonderful event @appletonacademy.bsky.social held for some of our veterans. Our Appleton Singers performed with some of our brilliant student poets and Year 4 performers! We are truly grateful to all our service men and women 🇬🇧

2JB @appletonacademy.bsky.social have had a wonderful day celebrating 80 years since VE Day. We have learnt all about why we celebrate VE day, learnt a poem, done blow painting for a poppy picture, worked as a team doing an assault course, had a sing a long and then finished with a 'tea party

Awards season continued for Appleton last night when we won the 'highly commended' prize for active schools at the Bradford Sports Awards. This is recognition of staff & students involved in a number of sports & outdoor pursuits & we are immensely proud to have again been nominated by our community.

This week's Career of The Week has been voted the 6th most popular career by teenagers nationally. @appletonacademy.bsky.social @exceedacademies.bsky.social

Our VE Day celebrations @appletonacademy.bsky.social have begun with a day of VE creativity with @chrismould.bsky.social @nikperring.bsky.social

This week's Career of Week is Nurse. This career has been voted the 7th most popular career by teenagers nationally. @appletonacademy.bsky.social @exceedacademies.bsky.social

Appleton Academy will host a VE Day party for invited guests on Thurs 8 May between 1.30pm & 3.00pm. If you know a member of our local community who has served in the armed forces, particularly during WWII, who may like to attend please email Mrs Parr via [email protected].

We're delighted to report that Appleton Academy won the Secondary School of the Year Award at the T & A Education Awards on Thurs 3 April! This fantastic achievement is testimony to the community we have become over the last 15 years and all of us can be proud of our contribution!

So many fantastic things taking place @appletonacademy.bsky.social. Find out here in the school magazine! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ issuu.com/appleton_aca...

Bradford School Proms 2025! Appleton Singers and Theatrical Society took to the stage at St. George’s Hall ✨ We are so proud of our young people and how they represented Appleton both on and off the stage. 🎶✨🎭✨ @appletonacademy.bsky.social

We're delighted to have been nominated for the Active School Award at the Bradford Sports Awards 2025. This is recognition of the hard work of staff & students in encouraging & supporting sport at Appleton. From badminton to rugby league through to our upcoming summer sporting tour to Condover Hall.

A great start to our Year 4 Roman Creative day with our @chrismould.bsky.social and Nik Perring @appletonacademy.bsky.social . Wonderful preparation for Our Roman topic

This week's Career of The Week continues the top 10 career choices for teens nationally; 9. Building Trade @appletonacademy.bsky.social @exceedacademies.bsky.social

Bradford Schools Proms! Wednesday 26th March! Appleton Academy have 2 groups in the proms this year and our very own Dallas will be performing a solo for the Bradford Secondary Choir! We can’t wait! 🤩 @appletonacademy.bsky.social Tickets: www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/sch...

Can we politely remind parents that our attendance line text number changed in Jan 2025 and is now 07520 660125. Please ensure you have this number & that you delete old numbers you may have had. All messages sent to any old number will not be received. Thank you.

👩‍✈️The next 10 weeks will follow the top 10 jobs chosen by teenagers nationally. This week's Career of The Week is No 10. Airline Pilot. 👨‍✈️ @appletonacademy.bsky.social @exceedacademies.bsky.social

Our latest staff readers group book @appletonacademy.bsky.social is #BrokenCountry by @clareleslieh.bsky.social . Can't wait to read it! Thanks to @johnmurrays.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social

Gearing up for Easter reading @appletonacademy.bsky.social