Haywood Academy has been praised by the Department for Education for it’s work with disadvantaged students and has won a place in the 2015 ‘Pupil Premium Awards’ national final.  Headteacher Mr Ward said: “This is testament to the hard work of our students and staff.  We had our best-ever results in 2014 after a record year the previous year.  It’s fantastic to see the academy going from strength to strength”.