Yorkshire and the Humber
Secondary schools in Wakefield
18 secondary schools in Wakefield.
Ofsted among secondary schools in Wakefield
Good8
Outstanding2
Requires improvement1
No overall grade7
11 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 7 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 11
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 7
- Average days since inspection
- 1,002
- Framework mix
- 11 historic, 7 current, 0 none
Secondary schools in Wakefield
Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.
18 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleford AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | No overall grade | 48.5 | 0.410.25 to 0.58 | |
| Trinity Academy CathedralAcademy converter | Wakefield | Outstanding 2022 | 48.7 | 0.340.14 to 0.55 | |
| Horbury AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Report card 2026 | 48.7 | 0.320.13 to 0.50 | |
| Crofton AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 46.5 | 0.260.07 to 0.46 | |
| Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Ossett | Report card 2026 | 51 | 0.240.07 to 0.40 | |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 46.3 | 0.290.06 to 0.53 | |
| Minsthorpe Community CollegeAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 41.3 | 0.210.04 to 0.37 | |
| Carleton High SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 47.5 | 0.12-0.08 to 0.32 · not a win | |
| The King's SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 49.9 | 0.10-0.09 to 0.30 · not a win | |
| Outwood Academy City FieldsAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 38.8 | 0.08-0.16 to 0.32 · not a win | |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | Report card 2026 | 46.7 | -0.01-0.18 to 0.15 · not a win | |
| Kettlethorpe High SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 46.9 | -0.06-0.23 to 0.10 · not a win | |
| Outwood Academy HemsworthAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | No overall grade | 41 | -0.07-0.28 to 0.15 · not a win | |
| Outwood Grange AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 47.2 | -0.13-0.29 to 0.02 · not a win | |
| De Lacy AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | Outstanding 2022 | 45.6 | -0.12-0.34 to 0.10 · not a win | |
| Outwood Academy FreestonAcademy converter | Normanton | No overall grade | 44.6 | -0.18-0.38 to 0.03 · not a win | |
| The Featherstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 41.6 | -0.33-0.62 to -0.03 | |
| Airedale AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Requires improvement 2024 | 33.8 | -0.72-0.95 to -0.50 |