St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford
Academy converter primary school in Castleford (Wakefield).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford is a Roman Catholic primary school located in Castleford, Wakefield. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 207 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Sarah Spencer.
Key facts
- URN
- 138949
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (10 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Johnson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Father John Aveyard | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Dominic Ford | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Thomas Hall | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Lucia McPartlan | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Helen Ward | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mr Radomir Mazurek | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Christine Colgate | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Bernadette Chernenko | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Sarah Spencer Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2014 |
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