The King's School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 4JF
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Carleton High School
Green Lane, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NW
Local ranking4th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 44.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 196
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1021
- Boys
- 513 (50%)
- Girls
- 508 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (97% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.1%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,787/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.1% 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: 93.4%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
93.4%
White British
1.7%
White Other
1.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Green Lane
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139501
- UKPRN
- 10041042
- Establishment No.
- 4027
- Trust
- PONTEFRACT ACADEMIES TRUST
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