Castleford Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Castleford, WF10 4JQ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Airedale Academy
Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU
Local ranking18th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 43.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 4.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 195
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 31.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 47.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 24
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1063
- Boys
- 469 (47%)
- Girls
- 539 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (81% full)
- SEND
- 20.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.7%
- EAL
- 7.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £4,987/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 15.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 41.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.2%
- White Other: 6.2%
- Black African: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
- Black Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
85.2%
White British
6.2%
White Other
3.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Crewe Road
Castleford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 136613
- UKPRN
- 10033306
- Establishment No.
- 4026
- Trust
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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