Hopton Primary School
Community primary school in Mirfield (Kirklees).
Location
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Welcome to Hopton Primarys Website. I hope you are able to successfully navigate around the site to find the information that will help you to get to know our school. I am extremely privileged to be the Headteacher at this wonderful school.
At Hopton Primary School our Golden Principles: Honesty, Effort and Respect, underpin our interactions, and our aim is to ensure that each child can be as successful as he / she can be, and then ask for a little more. We set this in an environment where your child can feel safe and secure so that they can flourish, achieve and have fun.
Our partnership with families is central to our success, and our meaningful relationship with parents and carers helps to serve the community in which we live. Therefore, we aim to build on the strong existing links between parents and carers so that all stakeholders within our school can thrive.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 107665
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (11 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Amanda McCabe | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr Martin Pelan Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Pelan | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sarah Haigh | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ben Smith | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · until 2035 |
| Mrs Claire Cherryholme | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lucy Meade | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Faye Kellett | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Amanda McCabe | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Rob MacDonald | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Helen Edwards | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Barbara Hornby | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record