Graded inspection · Jul 2023 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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry399 applications · 202 places offered · 201 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2022 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 202 | 399 | 2.0 | 201 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 | 378 | 1.8 | 193 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 199 | 352 | 1.8 | 186 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 201 | 312 | 1.6 | 196 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 206 | 292 | 1.4 | 205 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 197 | 321 | 1.6 | 195 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 205 | 351 | 1.7 | 206 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 193 | 329 | 1.7 | 184 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 200 | 397 | 2.0 | 216 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 | 196 | 397 | 2.0 | 221 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 197 | 397 | 2.0 | 236 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 199 | 397 | 2.0 | 219 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 | 187 | 302 | 1.6 | 183 | 0.98 |
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.) | 203 | 49.3 | 48% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 198 | 46.5 | 47% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 206 | 50.0 | 57% | 74% | +0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 199 | 46.0 | 45% | 68% | −0.09 |
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
- Crofton AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · WakefieldGood20233.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Wakefield20261.7applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · WakefieldGood20221.5applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Wakefield20263.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · WakefieldRemains Good20222.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 20262.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 37.5Attainment 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
- 137001 · 384/4029
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,045 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Crofton High School - Specialists In Maths and Computing: With Visual Impairment Resource (URN 108281)
- Address
- High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources