Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF9 4AB
- Distance
- 4.2km away
Minsthorpe Community College
Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ
Local ranking11th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1755
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 263
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 28.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 37.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 169
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1575
- Boys
- 802 (50%)
- Girls
- 807 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1755 (92% full)
- SEND
- 40.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.7%
- EAL
- 10.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 36.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,513/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
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.0% 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: 85.8%
- White Other: 7.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.4%
85.8%
White British
7.8%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Minsthorpe Lane
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137011
- UKPRN
- 10034549
- Establishment No.
- 4030
- Trust
- MINSTHORPE ACADEMY TRUST
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