Shelley College, A SHARE Academy

Rated Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in January 2025, Shelley College, A SHARE Academy, is a proud partner academy in SHARE Multi-Academy Trust, a National Support School, and a National Teaching School. The academy is at the centre of a close-knit network that aims to provide the very best professional and career development opportunities for staff, and an excellent education for pupils. Shelley College has a sixth form, which is increasingly the top choice for students across Yorkshire, thanks to the high-quality teaching and pastoral offer which helps every single student thrive and prepare well for their next stage in life.

Students leave Shelley College fully equipped with the life skills, experiences, and educational outcomes to have a happy and successful future. Our staff are friendly and supportive of one another, with a strong sense of a committed team working together.

Shelley College is located in a beautiful rural area, within good commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. The academy is proud to offer:

• A supportive and ambitious environment where all pupils students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the Trust to aid personal development.
• Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance.
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.

The Trust

SHARE Multi Academy Trust currently consists of Shelley College, Thornhill Community Academy, Royds Hall Academy, Whitcliffe Mount Academy, Todmorden High School, Heaton Avenue Primary School, Millbridge Primary School, Luck Lane Primary School, Woodside Green Primary School and Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub.

Our aims

Our overarching aim is to help more pupils, particularly the disadvantaged, achieve highly. Achievement includes academic success and the development of personal qualities and knowledge to lead happy, healthy and successful lives.

Our values

We believe education is all about people. Our success is measured in how we help our children and young people achieve. We can only achieve this success by employing talented, committed staff and working in partnership with parents. In doing so, we will benefit our communities. We have a distinctive way of interpreting this belief. We summarise it as:

“Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best.”

This means we seek for every one of our students and members of staff, to enjoy coming to our schools and for all of us to try our very best in everything we do. We help everybody gain the knowledge, skills and habits that can lead to a happy and successful life, both now and in the future. We believe that helping people feel valued increases the chances of them achieving their personal best, which is the highest standard we can expect anybody to achieve.