This is a welcome announcement about the expansion of FSM. Disappointing that they stopped short of automatic enrolment though.

Ahead of next week's Spending Review, we echo Teach First's calls to reverse the real terms erosion of pupil premium funding and introduce auto-enrollment for pupils who are eligible for free school meals ⤵️

➗️➕️➖️ Congratulations to our Junior Kangaroo participants. What an amazing achievement for all four of them. Well done guys. Jess Harbut STWA Maths #teammaths

The 2025 Sir Thomas Wharton Academy Sports Day winners……. ❤️Wentworth ❤️

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Today we held our 2025 sports day and what fantastic investment from all of our students. We done to everyone who competed throughout the day. The atmosphere was amazing. #teamstwa #sportsday2025 #sportsday #FullyInvested

STWA Prom 2025 🥳🎊🎉 This week we have held Y11 prom. The students had an amazing evening- they looked stunning and were a joy to be around. It was brilliant to be able to celebrate the last five years with them. A huge thanks to the prom committee and Ms Shaw.

This was such a fun day. The look on their faces when they realised we had been to their house was priceless. Thanks to the parents and pets who looked after us but thanks to my co star Mrs Wileman ⭐️. #leavers

Y11 leave and another group fill the void. Day 1 of Y10 trials complete ✅️ Let's go again tomorrow.

What a way to end the week Sir Thomas Wharton Academy 🙌 Our final An Audience With of the year with Kathryn Louise Burn was great. Our year 7 cohort hung on every word and asked some really thought provoking and insightful questions 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Another proud day 💙

7 years ago, arriving at Sir Thomas Wharton Academy I never imagined another school could mean so much after 15 years at my last one. But these kids changed that. From cheeky Year 7s to outstanding young adults—funny, kind, and humble. Forever our alumni. Forever proud. 💙 #STWA #ProudTeacher

This is an amazing achievement. We gave Y10 students extended periods of time in each of their options this year through 'Achieve weeks' and this young lady took the opportunity to show us how to achieve!! #achieve26 #teamstwa

Proud of this one 🙌🙌 Next week we’ll have two year groups starting their work placements The ambition was to secure a placement for 100% of our year ten cohort and we’ve delivered ✅ Whole community effort, big links with local businesses developed and excited students 🎉

Academy Awards 2025 🏆 💙 We are so proud of each and every winner tonight. Everyone who got up on stage thoroughly deserved the awards they won. 💙 We are extremely thankful to all of our outstanding performers who showcased their talents on the stage. #teamstwa #awards

Year 10 📢 This week we held our 'Welcome to Year 11' assembly for students. We shared with them what will happen over the next 12 months with us. We have also sent this information out via a letter to all parents/carers of Y10s. Please give it a read and get ready! #achieve26

Every single year ten student has started working through a work experience program that will help them develop: Key employability skills ✅ Broaden their career knowledge ✅ Build community links ✅ Proud day Sir Thomas Wharton Academy 🙌

Today Mr Coulson has been out and about with our Y10s. We are so proud of the feedback we have had in their first two days. The skills and professionalism that our students are obviously developing and showcasing is fantastic! Well done year 10 👏👏 #teamstwa #workexperience

👷‍♂️👨‍🏭👩‍🏭👨‍⚕️👷‍♀️👨‍💼👩‍💼 Another day and more opportunities for our Y10 and Y12 students on their work experience. Students have visited London, worked on railways, worked with members of the public and even served Matthew McDonald lunch! More skills being developed and we are so proud.

Over the course of this week we have had over 200 young people from our academy working in sectors such as: Education, Health Care, National Politics, Hospitality and Catering, Civil Engineering and much more. We are so proud of each and every one of them. 💙 #teamstwa

Really excited to be supporting the community here with this one. Hill Top Academy Edlington Victoria they have items for you guys too. 💙 #edlington

An extremely busy last week for our Year 10s. Every second being utilised and making the most of the last week with some important key events in their KS4 journey. Keeping attendance and investment high until Friday. #achieve26