Castle Hall Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Mirfield (Kirklees).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Castle Hall Academy is a secondary school located in Mirfield, Kirklees. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 829 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 870. It is part of the IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Paul Brook.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Retrieval Practice
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 146367
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Anita Burman | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Lynsey Blackburn | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Megan Lockett | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Ellerby Kendall | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Rebecca Hutchinson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Rev Ian Lovell | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dr Sibghat Ullah Minhas | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Amy Liddle | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Miss Emma Rankin | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Ms Anita Burman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Paul Brook | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Ms Laura Armitage Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Sayeed Iqbal Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
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