The Featherstone Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF7 5AJ
- Distance
- 2.6km away
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College
Officially St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Local ranking10th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 268
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 29.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
53
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 105
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1481
- Boys
- 771 (52%)
- Girls
- 710 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1800 (82% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.6%
- EAL
- 12.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,253/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.1%
- White Other: 10.9%
- Black African: 5.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Asian Chinese: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
74.1%
White British
10.9%
White Other
5.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cutsyke Road
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138951
- UKPRN
- 10039408
- Establishment No.
- 4604
- Trust
- THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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