Woodkirk Academy

Woodkirk Academy is an academy located on Rein Road in Tingley, West Yorkshire, England. The school has over 1,800 pupils, over 300 sixth form students, and over 250 members of staff.The current Principal is Joe Barton, who replaced Jonathan White in 2015. White had succeeded Bill Bailey in 2005.HistoryThe school opened in September 1956.In 2003 the school gained specialist science status. To mark this a new data logging suite was built. The school logo was changed to include an atom and the Pi (π) symbol. Following this the school was renamed Woodkirk High Specialist Science School.In 2003, Woodkirk completed the Green Block, a new Learning Resource Centre and teaching building. In November 2006 folding tiered seating was installed in the main hall to be used for annual shows and assemblies. In March 2007 a new administration block was completed which included separate entrances for pupils and visitors and extra space for office staff. In July 2008 an external shelter was built for eating lunch. In early 2010 a conversion of minibus garages was completed, intended to be used by Sixth Formers—it was used for meetings with the Labour Party representative of Morley and Outwood, Ed Balls, during the 2010 General and Local Elections. New areas were also constructed for Year 10 and 11 BTEC students.In 2010 the school banned memory sticks and USB devices by preventing the school's networked computers from recognising such devices which could infect the network with viruses.Since 2010-11 a room addition in the school's Learning Resource Centre (LRC) has been used for activities such as presentations by visitors. The computers in the LRC were also upgraded to Windows 7 with Microsoft Office 2010 software, and as of 2016 all computers in the school use Microsoft Office 2013.