The Featherstone 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 08/02/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.3%, which is 3.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Pontefract Road, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ
Website: www.featherstone.academy
Telephone: 01977722805
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Diana Townshend
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138593

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 08/02/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 600
Number of Pupils: 398
Number of Boys: 222
Number of Girls: 176

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.33 Confidence interval -0.64 to -0.02
Of the 68 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 66 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:10%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:85%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:28%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:38.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.37
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Featherstone Purston Infant School
Nunns Lane , Featherstone WF7 5HF 		3out of 4 1,134 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
George Street , Featherstone WF7 5BG 		3out of 4 1,255 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Gordon Street , Featherstone WF7 6LW 		3out of 4 1,302 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Hardwick Road , Featherstone WF7 5JB 		3out of 4 1,519 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School
Larks Hill , WF8 4RJ 		3out of 4 1,736 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road , WF7 5AJ 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The King's School
Mill Hill Lane , WF8 4JF 		3out of 4 2,097 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road , Featherstone WF7 6BD 		3out of 4 2,836 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Carleton High School
Green Lane , Carleton WF8 3NW 		3out of 4 2,913 yd Academy converter No 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 2,498 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 1,390 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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