Beech Hill School
Academy converter primary school in Halifax (Calderdale).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Beech Hill School is a primary school located in Halifax, Calderdale. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 538 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 682. It is part of the THE FAMILY of LEARNING TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Samantha Bowling Mrs Sara Cockroft.
Enrichment
14 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Book Club
- Choir
- Cricket
- Dance
- Eco Club
- Lego
- Music
- Orchestra
- Sewing
- Stem
- Forest School
- Growth Mindset
- Accelerated Reader
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 137337
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (7 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.3 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Huma Akhtar | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Samantha Jayne Bowling Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Beenish Arshed | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Uzma Iqbal Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2030 |
| Co Headteacher Sara Cockroft | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Sofia Loreen Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Nadim Najib | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Francesca Appleyard Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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