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Schools in Wakefield

Search and compare schools in Wakefield with map view, rankings, Ofsted context, performance data and admissions research links. Use this page as a local hub before opening individual school profiles or building a side-by-side comparison.

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Starting school in September 2027

  • Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
  • Primary (Reception): apply by 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

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Schools indexed
158
in Wakefield
Average Attainment 8
46.3
national 46.4
Average Progress 8
+0.04
national 0.00
Grade 5+ Eng & maths
48%
national 45%
Good or Outstanding
60%
of 85 inspected

Averages cover state mainstream schools, the basis of the national figures. Special and independent schools are in the table below but not in the averages.

Ofsted across Wakefield

Most recent inspection outcome for every school with a published judgement. Click a bar to filter the table.

Spread of Attainment 8

Number of Wakefield secondaries in each band. Click a bar to filter the table.

Wakefield schools

Ranked by Attainment 8 — switch the measure to reorder

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Select#SchoolAttainment 8Progress 85+ Eng & maths
1Wakefield Girls' High School
Other independent school
63.9—71%
2The King's School
Academy converter · Good
51.8+0.1057%
3Horbury Academy
Academy converter · Good
51.0+0.3253%
4Trinity Academy Cathedral
Academy converter · Outstanding
50.9+0.3453%
5Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
Academy converter · Good
49.8+0.2451%
6Crofton Academy
Academy converter · Good
49.3+0.2648%
7Outwood Grange Academy
Academy sponsor led · Good
49.2-0.1357%
8St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · Good
49.1+0.2951%
9Kettlethorpe High School
Community school
48.8-0.0657%
10Castleford Academy
Academy converter · Not judged
46.8+0.4148%
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High-attainment secondary schools in Wakefield

The King's School
SecondaryAttainment 8 51.8Progress 8 +0.10
Horbury Academy
SecondaryAttainment 8 51.0Progress 8 +0.32
Trinity Academy Cathedral
SecondaryAttainment 8 50.9Progress 8 +0.34
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
SecondaryAttainment 8 49.8Progress 8 +0.24
Crofton Academy
SecondaryAttainment 8 49.3Progress 8 +0.26

Catchment distances and university destinations in Wakefield

Most leavers to Oxford or Cambridge

  1. New College Pontefract0.8% (2015/16–2019/20)
  2. St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy0.5% (2015/16–2019/20)
  3. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College0.4% (2015/16–2019/20)
  4. Outwood Grange Academy0.3% (2015/16–2019/20)

Most leavers to Russell Group universities

  1. St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy18.7% (2015/16–2019/20)
  2. Outwood Grange Academy16.9% (2015/16–2019/20)
  3. New College Pontefract15.8% (2015/16–2019/20)
  4. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College14.1% (2015/16–2019/20)
  5. Minsthorpe Community College6.4% (2015/16–2019/20)

Share of sixth-form leavers, pooled over the years shown (Department for Education destination data). England Oxbridge rankings

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