St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF7 6BD
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Outwood Academy Freeston
Favell Avenue, Normanton, WF6 1HZ
Local ranking14th 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 20 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 209
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 988
- Boys
- 519 (52%)
- Girls
- 474 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (95% full)
- SEND
- 17.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.6%
- EAL
- 7.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,396/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
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.5%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
88.5%
White British
5.7%
White Other
1.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Favell Avenue
Normanton, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145937
- UKPRN
- 10067619
- Establishment No.
- 4013
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
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