St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy is a secondary school located in Pontefract. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/03/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.3%, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Cutsyke Road, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Cutsyke Road, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Website: http://www.st-wilfrids.bkcat.co.uk
Telephone: 01977691000
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Dr Philip Dore
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138951

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/03/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1800
Number of Pupils: 1532
Number of Boys: 765
Number of Girls: 767

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -0.36 to -0.04
Of the 242 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 240 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:70%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:45%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.35
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
North Close , North Featherstone WF7 6BQ 		3out of 4 323 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Gordon Street , Featherstone WF7 6LW 		3out of 4 1,534 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy
College Grove , Whitwood WF10 5NS 		3out of 4 2,548 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
George Street , Featherstone WF7 5BG 		3out of 4 2,552 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Halfpenny Lane , WF8 4BW 		3out of 4 2,620 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road , Featherstone WF7 6BD 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road , WF7 5AJ 		3out of 4 2,836 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Pontefract
Park Lane , WF8 4QR 		- not rated 2,537 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
High Well School
Rook Hill Road , WF8 2DD 		3out of 4 2,099 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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