Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Expected 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 18 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry586 applications · 272 places offered · 263 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2022 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 272 | 586 | 2.2 | 263 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 270 | 590 | 2.2 | 256 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 264 | 555 | 2.1 | 259 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 270 | 460 | 1.7 | 289 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 247 | 422 | 1.7 | 230 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 248 | 430 | 1.7 | 242 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 271 | 468 | 1.7 | 257 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 276 | 456 | 1.7 | 272 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 274 | 530 | 1.9 | 287 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 262 | 464 | 1.8 | 246 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 277 | 517 | 1.9 | 308 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 269 | 492 | 1.8 | 286 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 | 230 | 459 | 2.0 | 273 | 1.19 |
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.) | 272 | 46.1 | 42% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 268 | 46.7 | 50% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 278 | 47.7 | 49% | 71% | −0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 271 | 47.0 | 44% | 67% | +0.04 |
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
- St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WakefieldRemains Good20222.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · WakefieldGood20222.4applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · WakefieldRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · WakefieldImproved significantly20242.4applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · WakefieldGood20232.0applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · LeedsStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138951 · 384/4604
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,800 pupils · 1,470 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- St Wilfrid's Catholic High School and Sixth Form College: With Speech and Language Resource (URN 108297)
- Address
- Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources