SCHOOL PROFILE

Castle Hall Academy: data, trends and context

Castle Hall Academy is a secondary school in Kirklees. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
146367
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Kirklees
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WF14 9PH
Gender intake
Mixed
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
863
FSM eligible
34.9%
EAL / First language other than English
32.8%
SEND (total)
26.0%
SEN Support
22.6%
EHCP
3.4%
White British
44.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.0%
Overall absence
9.0%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Severe absence
4.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
KirkleesLocal authority92.1%7.9%3.1%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
26.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
12.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
46.9
English & maths grade 5+
38.8%
English & maths grade 4+
56.1%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Castle Hall Academy is a secondary school in Kirklees. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.