The David Young Community Academy (DYCA) has set up an appeal to enable them to have an El Salvador cross in every classroom.
School chaplain, Father James Milnes, says, “The charity Cafod has workshops in El Salvador making these folk art crosses which fund the neighbourhood schools. We already have a few and we want to develop this important link.
“The crosses will serve as a celebration of the school’s Christian identity and a recognition of the social action it inspires. They will also help our children not to take their education for granted, as free access to education is a relatively recent privilege and one not extended to all children in the world.
“As a Church of England school, DYCA is a beneficiary of Christian endeavours in the 19th century to make education available for all, when it was the preserve of the 
rich. DYCA’s origins are in the work of Mother Agnes Stewart who founded both an orphanage and then a school in east Leeds. That heritage is fundamental to us - whether it’s teaching, pastoral care or the belief that every child matters DYCA turns to its Christian ethos”.
If you’d like to help DYCA’s challenge to have a cross in every classroom, donations can be sent to the school. (Each cross costs £12. Cheques made payable to DYCA).
David Young Community Academy’s latest Ofsted inspection highlighted the progress made in improving standards.