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Summer Term runs from Easter to mid-July (half term ends in late May/early June). At the end of each half-term a holiday lasts about one week (usually nine full days, including two weekends), although in the autumn term, some schools give students two week long holidays (16 full days, including 3 weekends) to account for the term being longer ...
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The school’s improvement plan is fit for purpose. [11] In 2018, Chair of the school Governors was Gill Goodswen, a former president of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). [12] The secondary department was closed in September 2020, [13] while the primary school department converted to academy status and was renamed Hill View Academy. The ...
The school converted to academy status in 2011, but continues to coordinate with Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions. Batley Girls' High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.
The school is no longer due to close. The GCSE results of 2009 were the best in the school's recent history with 73% of pupils achieving at least 5 A*-C. This ranked Castle Hall as the best non-selective state school in Kirklees. The school is a popular and oversubscribed academy.
The Yorkshire Regiment requested the freedom to march to be transferred to them. On 25 October 2008 Kirklees Council transferred the Freedom of Huddersfield to the Yorkshire Regiment at a freedom parade held by the 3rd Battalion, formerly the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Sir William Mallalieu MP (27 January 1980) [26]
Kirklees Council was established on 1 April 1974, when Kirklees and West Yorkshire were created under the Local Government Act 1972. The eleven former district councils within the area were abolished at the same time. [3] [4] Kirklees was awarded borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [5]