Horbury Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wakefield, WF4 5HE
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Trinity Academy Cathedral
Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF
Local ranking1st of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 195
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1037
- Boys
- 471 (46%)
- Girls
- 557 (54%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (98% full)
- SEND
- 16.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.5%
- EAL
- 24.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.0%
- SEN Support
- 10.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,964/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
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.6%
- White Other: 10.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.6%
- Black African: 5.5%
- Other: 4.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
63.6%
White British
10.5%
White Other
8.6%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Thornes Road
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145579
- UKPRN
- 10067004
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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