Yorkshire and the Humber
Secondary schools in Wakefield
154 schools, 56,610 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.4.
Ofsted across Wakefield
Good73
Requires improvement8
Outstanding8
No overall grade65
89 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 65 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Wakefield
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Ossett | No grade | 51 |
| The King's SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 49.9 |
| Horbury AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | No grade | 48.7 |
| Trinity Academy CathedralAcademy converter | Wakefield | Outstanding 2022 | 48.7 |
| Castleford AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | No grade | 48.5 |
| Carleton High SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 47.5 |
| Outwood Grange AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 47.2 |
| Kettlethorpe High SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 46.9 |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 46.7 |
| Crofton AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 46.5 |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 46.3 |
| De Lacy AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | Outstanding 2022 | 45.6 |
| Outwood Academy FreestonAcademy converter | Normanton | No grade | 44.6 |
| The Featherstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 41.6 |
| Minsthorpe Community CollegeAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 41.3 |
| Outwood Academy HemsworthAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | No grade | 41 |
| Outwood Academy City FieldsAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 38.8 |
| Airedale AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Requires improvement 2024 | 33.8 |