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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 6 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 4 July 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry470 applications · 199 places offered · 251 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 2.3; 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 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 199 | 470 | 2.4 | 251 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2025 | 206 | 470 | 2.3 | 224 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 204 | 433 | 2.1 | 242 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 204 | 355 | 1.7 | 201 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 204 | 354 | 1.7 | 223 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 171 | 303 | 1.8 | 169 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 186 | 320 | 1.7 | 163 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 170 | 285 | 1.7 | 153 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 296 | 1.7 | 129 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 | 160 | 289 | 1.8 | 153 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 156 | 261 | 1.7 | 121 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2015 | 161 | 304 | 1.9 | 152 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 134 | 257 | 1.9 | 134 | 1.00 |
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.) | 199 | 44.3 | 45% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 196 | 47.5 | 46% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 199 | 47.4 | 50% | 70% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 202 | 47.3 | 46% | 65% | +0.61 |
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
- Ark Carleton High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20242.4applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · WakefieldGood20222.4applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · WakefieldRemains Good20222.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 20262.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Wakefield20261.2applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WakefieldRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139501 · 384/4027
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,026 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Carleton Community High School A Specialist Science College (URN 108279)
- Address
- Green Lane, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NW
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources