St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse
Academy converter primary school in Brighouse (Calderdale).
Location
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Finkil Street, Brighouse HD6 2NT We are proud to work with all the Catholic schools across our two local authority areas, particularly as the Trust grows and benefits from the expertise and knowledge that other schools joining in the future will bring. Hello! I am so happy to welcome you to our website!
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Climbing
- Music
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Key facts
- URN
- 148480
- 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
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2021
Governing body (10 current, 3 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 Fortis | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Mark Fortis Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
| Father Michael Hall Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Joanna Grogan Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Ian Goulding | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Father Michael Hall | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Beverley Brooman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Michael Donnelly | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Marie Wright | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Jessica Zaffino | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Claire Whitehead | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Emma Schroeder | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mark Fortis 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