83 / 100
Excellent
Based on official data for academic year 2022/23.
Academic Outcomes
—
Inspection
95
Admissions Value
—
Destinations
73
Stability & Context
65
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A more recent ungraded monitoring visit was published on 28 April 2025: Standards maintained. The outcomes below are from the latest full graded inspection.
Overall effectiveness
Graded 20 November 2019
Quality of education
Graded 20 November 2019
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Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.
Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.
Attainment 8
Not published
Progress 8
Not published
English & maths 5+
Not published
English & maths 4+
Not published
EBacc entry
Not published
WF7 7DT - Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
This school is one of 367 schools in Wakefield.
Total schools
367
Open schools
158
Closed schools
209
Primary schools
253
Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.
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Behaviour and attitudes
Graded 20 November 2019
Personal development
Graded 20 November 2019
Leadership and management
Graded 20 November 2019
Sixth form
Graded 20 November 2019
Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.
Standards maintained
Outstanding
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EBacc achievement
Not published
Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23
Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).
Education %
100.0%
Employment %
0.0%
Apprenticeships %
0.0%
NEET %
0.0%
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Secondary schools
41
Special schools
0
Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Wakefield)