Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry433 applications · 280 places offered · 291 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2022 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.7
- This school
- Wakefield median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 280 | 433 | 1.6 | 291 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 279 | 476 | 1.7 | 316 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 291 | 504 | 1.7 | 300 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 289 | 476 | 1.7 | 340 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 286 | 466 | 1.6 | 338 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2021 | 291 | 457 | 1.6 | 337 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 | 295 | 457 | 1.6 | 327 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 291 | 437 | 1.5 | 318 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 263 | 423 | 1.6 | 286 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 262 | 401 | 1.5 | 286 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 | 250 | 396 | 1.6 | 268 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 253 | 382 | 1.5 | 252 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 225 | 295 | 1.3 | 223 | 0.99 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 287 | 46.8 | 48% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 295 | 48.5 | 51% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 301 | 48.6 | 51% | 67% | +0.41 |
| 2022/23 | 277 | 49.3 | 48% | 71% | +0.53 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Castleford AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · WakefieldRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 20262.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · LeedsStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · WakefieldGood20222.4applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · WakefieldRemains Good20222.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · WakefieldImproved significantly20242.4applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Wakefield20261.2applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136633 · 384/4015
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,480 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Castleford High School Technology and Sports College With Hearing Impairment Resource (URN 108273)
- Address
- Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, WF10 4JQ
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources