Airedale Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F34
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- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Castleford, WF10 3JU
- Distance
- 8.5km away
Sherburn High School
Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6AS
Local ranking12th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1139
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 160
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
31
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.1% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 79
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 915
- Boys
- 496 (52%)
- Girls
- 455 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1139 (83% full)
- SEND
- 15.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.5%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,427/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
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.7% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
95.6%
White British
1.1%
Mixed Other
0.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Garden Lane
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145819
- UKPRN
- 10067761
- Establishment No.
- 4216
- Trust
- YORKSHIRE LEARNING TRUST
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