St James Academy is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England for pupils 11 to 16 years.

The Castle High name was chosen in a poll by pupils, who also chose the design of the new school's logo.

After a year, the school opened to 11 year-olds following the local authority's decision to reduce the primary school leaving age; at the same time, its sixth form centre was closed and the leaving age for pupils fell to 16.

A new three-storey classroom block was opened in the 1991 summer term on the St James's Road site, the first in several phases of expansion which were completed in 1995.

The expanded school was officially opened on 20 October 1995 by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury.