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The Featherstone Academy

The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road
Featherstone
Castleford
West Yorkshire
England
WF75AJ

📞 phone: 01977 722805

👩‍🏫 executive head teacher: Ms Diana Townshend

🌍 web: www.featherstone.academy

443 pupils mixed gender
600 pupils capacity: 74% full

245 boys 55%

198 girls 45%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
138593
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
4000
Open date
1. September 2012
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 443553, Northing: 420112
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.676, Longitude: -1.3422
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
24. March 2022
Region › Const. › Ward
Yorkshire and the Humber › Hemsworth › Featherstone
Free school meals %
30.20
Trust
THE RODILLIAN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10038489

School governors

  • Miss Hannah Wilson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (21. September 2021—20. September 2026)
  • Mrs Laura Carver, Local Governor
    (21. September 2021—31. January 2023)
  • Emma Hayward, Local Governor
    (10. October 2022—10. October 2026)
  • Miss Megan Victoria Thompson, Local Governor
    (30. May 2022—30. May 2026)
  • Mr Stewart Locker, Local Governor
    (21. July 2022—20. July 2026)
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