Airedale Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F34
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Castleford, WF10 3JU
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Castleford Academy
Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, WF10 4JQ
Local ranking2nd of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2022 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 287
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 21.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 11
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1477
- Boys
- 783 (53%)
- Girls
- 697 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.8%
- EAL
- 5.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,956/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.5% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.9%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Chinese: 1.2%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
88.9%
White British
3.4%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ferrybridge Road
Castleford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 136633
- UKPRN
- 10033351
- Establishment No.
- 4015
- Trust
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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