Ark Carleton High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 3NW
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Ark The King's School
Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Local ranking3rd of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 October 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1038
- Boys
- 542 (52%)
- Girls
- 499 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (99% full)
- SEND
- 14.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.4%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 11.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,556/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
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.7% 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
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- White British: 89.9%
- Other: 2.9%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
89.9%
White British
2.9%
Other
2.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mill Hill Lane
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139500
- UKPRN
- 10041048
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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