Crofton Academy is a secondary school located in Wakefield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 24/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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High Street, Wakefield

School Information

Address: High Street, Wakefield, WF4 1NF
Website: http://www.croftonacademy.org.uk/
Telephone: 01924862985
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Peter Walker
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137001

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 24/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1020
Number of Pupils: 1029
Number of Boys: 541
Number of Girls: 488

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 16% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.15 Confidence interval -0.33 to 0.04
Of the 188 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 188 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:14%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:40%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.71
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Crofton Infant School
High Street , Crofton WF4 1NG 		3out of 4 213 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Crofton Junior School
Slack Lane , Crofton WF4 1HJ 		3out of 4 276 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School
Shay Lane , Crofton WF4 1NN 		3out of 4 503 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Sharlston Community School
Hammer Lane , Sharlston Common WF4 1DH 		3out of 4 2,220 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Walton Primary Academy
The Grove , Walton WF2 6LD 		3out of 4 2,594 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Crofton Academy
High Street , Crofton WF4 1NF 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Springfield Centre
Pontefract Road , Crofton WF4 1LL 		3out of 4 1,015 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wakefield independent sch
Nostell Centre , Doncaster Road WF4 1QG 		- not rated 3,132 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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