Bishop Young Church of England Academy (formerly known as David Young Community Academy) is a state-funded

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sponsored by the

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Bishop Young Academy
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, England. The school was named after David Young (1931–2008) a former

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. The academy is named in recognition of Bishop David Young's extensive work in education both nationally and in the Leeds area. The school was established on 18 September 2006 with pupils from Agnes Stewart Church of England High School and Braim Wood for Boys High School.Yorkshire Post 10 January 2008 Before the building of the Academy the largest secondary school in Seacroft was the nearby

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(formerly Foxwood School), which was demolished in December 2009. In June 2009 it was announced by School Secretary

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that £3.3 million would be spent on the school to create a purpose built base for

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and air cadets.Yorkshire Evening Post 18 June 2009 The school was divided into six houses: Brunel (after

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); Da Vinci (after

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); Hadid (after

Zaha Hadid Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...

); Hopper (after

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); Telford (after

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); and Whittle (after

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).(old houses when it was known as David Young) BYA is part of the Abbey Multi Academy Trust. The trust consists of primary and secondary academies and the Diocese of Leeds, who work together to serve local communities by providing innovative educational practice within traditional values. It was renamed from David Young Community Academy to Bishop Young Academy in 2017.

Academic performance

The school's population in January 2008 was 920, with a

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of 65.Letter
20 January 2008 from

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At the same time the school had one of the worst attendance records in the country, and was 25th from the bottom for

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results. In the last full

inspection of David Young Community Academy inspectors rated it inadequate in all four assessment criteria. Further to this they found that 'Leaders of the school and the academy trust have failed to fulfil legislative requirements relating to safeguarding and to health and safety'. In a follow up inspection by

in May 2016 the lead inspector 'strongly recommend dthat the academy does not seek to appoint newly qualified teachers', reflecting the poor nature of the school's academic performance.

References

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