St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
Local ranking5th of 21 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 56.8%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3
- Cohort Size
- 148
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 763
- Boys
- 385 (50%)
- Girls
- 378 (50%)
- Capacity
- 750 (102% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.7%
- EAL
- 31.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,687/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 45.8%
- White Other: 11.0%
- Other: 11.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.3%
- Mixed Other: 7.2%
- Asian Indian: 6.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
45.8%
White British
11.0%
White Other
11.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138950
- UKPRN
- 10039411
- Establishment No.
- 4800
- Trust
- THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST