St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
- Distance
- 3.6km away
Crofton Academy
High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF
Local ranking9th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 16.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 198
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1059
- Boys
- 568 (54%)
- Girls
- 491 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (101% full)
- SEND
- 19.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.0%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,519/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.1% 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: 91.7%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.3%
91.7%
White British
3.3%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
High Street
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137001
- UKPRN
- 10034668
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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