Airedale Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F33
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Castleford, WF10 3JU
- Distance
- 5.0km away
De Lacy Academy
Middle Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0BZ
Local ranking7th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 147
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Continued in education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 869
- Boys
- 431 (50%)
- Girls
- 438 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (72% full)
- SEND
- 15.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.8%
- EAL
- 6.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,390/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.3%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Black Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
91.3%
White British
4.4%
White Other
1.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Middle Lane
Knottingley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138006
- UKPRN
- 10036988
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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