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Castleford Academy

Castleford Academy
Ferrybridge Road
Castleford
West Yorkshire
England
WF104JQ

📞 phone: 01977 605060

👨‍🏫 headteacher: Mr Wesley Bush

✉️ reveal email: adm…@cashigh.comreveal

🌍 web: www.castlefordacademy.com


1479 pupils mixed gender
1590 pupils capacity: 93% full

761 boys 51%

718 girls 49%

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Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
136633
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
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Establishment #
4015
Open date
1. April 2011
Reason open
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OSGB coordinates
Easting: 443440, Northing: 425591
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.725, Longitude: -1.3431
Accepting pupils
11—18 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
10. October 2019
Region › Const. › Ward
Yorkshire and the Humber › Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford › Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
SEN priorities
HI - Hearing Impairment
Free school meals %
21.90
Trust
CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10033351

School governors

  • Mr John Hughes, Local Governor
    (2. November 2020—2. November 2024)
  • Mrs Alison Fender, Local Governor
    (2. November 2020—2. November 2024)
  • Mrs Kathryn Scott, Local Governor
    (2. November 2020—2. November 2024)
  • Mr Martin Thomson, Local Governor
    (20. November 2020—7. September 2022)
  • Mr Chris Bland, Local Governor
    (2. November 2020—20. September 2022)
  • Mr Ian Hobson, Local Governor
    (2. November 2020—2. November 2024)
  • Miss Gemma Storr, Local Governor
    (9. July 2020—9. July 2024)
  • Mr Gary Vessey, Local Governor
    (30. March 2023—30. March 2027)
  • Mr George Panayiotou, Local Governor
    (1. June 2016—31. August 2022)
  • Mr Kenny Stoddart, Local Governor
    (9. May 2019—17. October 2022)
  • Miss Kathryn Law, Local Governor
    (9. May 2019—25. June 2022)
  • Mr John McNichol, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (17. June 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Mr Peter Roe, Local Governor
    (13. November 2020—13. November 2024)
  • Miss Danielle Hinds, Local Governor
    (11. July 2022—11. July 2026)
  • Mrs Kathryn Scott, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (1. September 2022—17. October 2022)
  • Mr Kenny Stoddart, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (18. October 2022—18. October 2023)
  • Mrs Kathryn Scott, Local Governor
    (18. October 2022—17. October 2022)
  • Mr Wesley Bush, Local Governor
    (1. September 2022—None)
  • Audrey Forster, Local Governor
    (11. November 2022—11. November 2026)
  • Sarah Brown, Local Governor
    (30. November 2022—30. November 2026)
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Schools nearby

  1. Castleford High School Technology and Sports College With Hearing Impairment Resource, WF104JQ
  2. Castleford Academy, WF104JQ (1479 pupils)
  3. 0.1 miles Castleford Park Junior School, WF104BB
  4. 0.1 miles Castleford Park Junior Academy, WF104BB (396 pupils)
  5. 0.2 miles Castleford Glasshoughton Infant School, WF104BH
  6. 0.2 miles Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery, WF101HF (168 pupils)
  7. 0.2 miles St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford, WF104JB
  8. 0.2 miles St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford, WF104JB (196 pupils)
  9. 0.2 miles Glasshoughton Infant Academy, WF104BH (237 pupils)
  10. 0.6 miles Castleford Henry Moore Junior School, WF105AX
  11. 0.6 miles Castleford Smawthorne Infant School, WF105AX
  12. 0.6 miles Smawthorne Henry Moore Primary School, Castleford, WF105AX (487 pupils)
  13. 0.7 miles Castleford Half Acres Primary School, WF105RE (270 pupils)
  14. 0.7 miles Half Acres Primary Academy, WF105RE (382 pupils)
  15. 1 mile Hill Top School, WF103ES
  16. 1 mile Cutsyke First School, WF105ET
  17. 1.1 miles Airedale Junior School, WF103EP
  18. 1.1 miles Airedale Infant School, WF103QJ
  19. 1.1 miles Castleford Redhill Infant School, WF110PA
  20. 1.1 miles Airedale Junior School, WF103EP (424 pupils)
  21. 1.1 miles Airedale Infant School, WF103QJ (242 pupils)
  22. 1.2 miles Castleford Townville Infants' School, WF103QJ (140 pupils)
  23. 1.2 miles Redhill Junior School, WF103DB
  24. 1.2 miles Wakefield Pathways School, WF103QJ
  25. 1.2 miles Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford, WF103DB (468 pupils)

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