St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Wakefield (Wakefield).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Wakefield. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 763 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 750. It is part of the THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Dr Patrick Caldwell.
Key facts
- URN
- 138950
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (11 current, 2 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 Martin Cichocki | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Moran | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Mr Andrew Reed | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2026 | |
| Fr Joshy Philip | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Claire Harding | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Dan Stretch | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Carmen Pearce Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sophie Evans | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Sarah Wilkinson | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs J-M Quinn | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Simon Baxter | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Lydia Waites Former | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 · term ended 2026 | |
| Dr Patrick Caldwell Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | 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