Minsthorpe Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF9 2UJ
- Distance
- 4.2km away
Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Wakefield Road, Pontefract, WF9 4AB
Local ranking17th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1632
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 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
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 31.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 170
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 41.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
21.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
22
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1108
- Boys
- 574 (52%)
- Girls
- 534 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1632 (68% full)
- SEND
- 13.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.3%
- EAL
- 4.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,011/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.5%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
89.5%
White British
3.6%
White Other
1.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wakefield Road
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145938
- UKPRN
- 10067323
- Establishment No.
- 4014
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
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