WELCOME

Thank you for visiting our school website.  We hope that you can use it to find all the information you need about our happy and successful school. We also hope that you will enjoy sharing and celebrating the achievements of our pupils and the work of our amazing team. 

We maintain our website ourselves and have tried to design it to give you a thorough understanding of what we do as well as provide regular updates for members of our community. We welcome feedback and would value your views on how we can continue to develop and improve the site for everyone who views and uses it.

Our vision

Our vision is a future in which our leavers step confidently into a connected, sustainable and equitable world - empowered to contribute, thrive and take pride in their individual identities.

Our mission

To achieve this, our mission is to actively nurture the whole child, personally, academically and vocationally,

through an education that is:

Values-led: We anchor every lesson and decision in strong ethical principles, teaching learners that who they are is just as important as what they achieve.

Learner-centred: We recognise the distinct potential of every individual, adapting our teaching to ensure every learner is seen, heard and supported on their unique path to success.

Future-focused: We look forward, equipping learners with the technological fluency, sustainability awareness and adaptability required to thrive in a rapidly changing world

Our values

The behaviours that guide us:

• Kindness - We treat our peers, our environment and ourselves with deep respect. We understand that an equal world is built on daily acts of compassion, ensuring that everyone feels they belong.

• Courage - We are brave enough to be ourselves.  We have the resilience to try, fail and learn, and the integrity to do what is right, even when it is difficult.

• Creativity - We embrace technology and new ideas with open minds.  We look at challenges from different angles, finding sustainable solutions.

• Service - We look beyond ourselves to the wider world.  We use our talents and our time to make a meaningful difference, actively shaping a community where everyone can thrive.

headteacher MESSAGE

On behalf of our governors, our staff and our pupils it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Joseph Norton Academy website. Our website is very important to us. We use it to celebrate the fantastic work that goes on at our school and to share important information about our policies, practice and procedures.

We are extremely proud of our school. We provide a happy, safe and secure environment where learning is enjoyable and teaching is shaped by the needs and interests of our pupils. If you require any more information, please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.

our team

 At Joseph Norton we believe that every child deserves the best possible education to enable them to make good progress and realise their potential.

As a team we want every child to leave school having developed a love of learning and with the skills and self-confidence needed to help them succeed in further education, training, employment and post-school life.

We aim to build partnerships with parents, carers and children that are based on honesty, trust and mutual respect with the purpose of supporting the academic, vocational, personal and emotional development of our pupils.

our Beautiful setting

Nestled between the villages of Scissett and Skelmanthorpe, our school is set in approximately six acres of attractive grounds.

Beautiful in winter and summer alike, we value our rural location and enjoy the 'great outdoors' whenever we are able.  For visitors, our school is easily accessible from Huddersfield, Wakefield, Leeds and Barnsley, with good rail and road links, including easy access to the M1, A1(M) and M62.