The King's School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 4JF
- Distance
- 1.9km away
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ
Local ranking16th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 80.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 87
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 524
- Boys
- 294 (56%)
- Girls
- 230 (44%)
- Capacity
- 600 (87% full)
- SEND
- 29.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.0%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.6%
- SEN Support
- 21.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,998/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.5%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black Other: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.4%
- White Traveller: 0.4%
90.5%
White British
2.5%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Pontefract Road
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138593
- UKPRN
- 10038489
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- RESILIENCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Score
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- Location
- Pontefract, WF7 6BD
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Carleton High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
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- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 3NW
- Distance
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Ofsted: Good
Score
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- Location
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- Distance
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Airedale Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F33
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- Academy converter
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- Secondary
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Castleford Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
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- Academy converter
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- Distance
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