Airedale Academy
School Name: Airedale Academy Address: Crewe Road, Airedale Town/City: Castleford County: West Yorkshire Postcode: WF10 3JU Country: 63154404 Telephone Number: 01977 664555 Website: http://www.airedaleacademy.com/
Phase: Secondary (ages 11-18) Type: Academy converter Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2011 Trust: Northern Ambition Academies Trust Sponsor: Northern Ambition Academies Trust
Principal: Miss Lyndsey Proctor
Capacity: 1250
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 20 January 2022:
Number of pupils: 1039 (48% boys & 52% girls)
Enrollment: 83% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 41.6%
URN: 136613
DfE Number: 384/4026
UKPRN: 10033306
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: Wakefield (E08000036)
Constituency: Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (E14000836)
Electoral Ward: Airedale and Ferry Fryston (E05001445)
Easting & Northing: 445485E, 425204N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 43' 18.86" N 1° 18' 43.34" W
Plus Code: 9C5WPMCQ+Q5
DfE Record: View record
- Castleford Townville Infants' School (0.2km)
- Airedale Infant School (0.4km)
- Airedale Junior School (0.4km)
- Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford (0.6km)
- Oyster Park Primary Academy (0.8km)
- Glasshoughton Infant Academy (1.8km)
- Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School (2.0km)
- Castleford Academy (2.1km)
- Castleford Park Junior Academy (2.1km)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford (2.3km)
Same trust
Same sponsor Predecessor school†
- Alistair Crompton - Chair of Local Governing Body. Appointed on 19 October 2020 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 13 December 2026.
- Mrs Sally Dudley - Local Governor. Appointed on 2 October 2020 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 October 2024.
- Ms Jackie Ferguson - Local Governor. Appointed on 13 December 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 December 2025.
- Mr Lewis Grandidge - Local Governor. Appointed on 17 October 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 17 October 2026.
- Steve Miller - Local Governor. Appointed on 28 January 2020 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 27 January 2024.
- Lisa Moseley - Local Governor. Appointed on 19 October 2020 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 18 October 2024.