Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 16 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 5 April 2022Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry200 applications · 161 places offered · 155 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2024 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2023 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2022 1.0; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.0; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 1.0; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 161 | 200 | 1.2 | 155 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 154 | 192 | 1.3 | 150 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 146 | 189 | 1.3 | 146 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 159 | 178 | 1.1 | 147 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 161 | 168 | 1.0 | 152 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 136 | 142 | 1.0 | 132 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 134 | 146 | 1.1 | 129 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 138 | 149 | 1.1 | 133 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 139 | 151 | 1.1 | 125 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 122 | 134 | 1.1 | 113 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 115 | 114 | 1.0 | 100 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 98 | 106 | 1.1 | 87 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 | 76 | 92 | 1.2 | 73 | 0.96 |
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.) | 160 | 45.0 | 48% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 147 | 45.6 | 47% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 44.5 | 39% | 62% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 139 | 44.1 | 32% | 63% | −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
- De Lacy AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WakefieldRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WakefieldImproved significantly20242.4applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · WakefieldGood20222.4applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · WakefieldRemains Good20222.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 20262.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · DoncasterGood20231.3applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · North YorkshireRemains Good20231.5applications per place 51.3Attainment 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
- 138006 · 384/4031
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,210 pupils · 853 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Knottingley High School and Sports College (URN 108283)
- Address
- Middle Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0BZ
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources