Castle Hall Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Mirfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.09 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Hall Academy is a secondary school in Mirfield, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Castle Hall Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.09 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Year 7 place for 2026 went to a child living 1.09 miles away, 3rd shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 204 first-choice applications for 170 offers; 166 offers went to first-choice families, and 38 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kirklees.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Richard Thorpe Avenue, Mirfield, WF14 9PH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 863 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “This is an ambitious, welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are encouraged and supported by caring staff to be the best that they can be.”
- “Leaders have addressed the weaknesses of the predecessor school, and have ensured that this is now a school that is a source of pride for everyone in the wider community.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that there is work to do to refine the curriculum offer so that all pupils, particularly those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from what is now in place.”
- “However, strategic leaders for areas such as behaviour, attendance and staff training do not work closely enough with SEND leaders to use their collective insight to best meet the needs of all pupils with SEND.”
- “A few pupils do not attend school well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 204 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 166 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 0.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Westborough High School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Croft Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published