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Airedale Academy

URN
136613
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Airedale Academy
URN
136613
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

48 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

33

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

51

Destinations

40

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
19 March 2024
Inspection date
30 January 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

177

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

211

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

154

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.19×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Wakefield
Admissions portal
Sheffield admissions
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.airedaleacademy.com/

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

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

Attainment 8

33.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

25.1%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

43.6%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

4.6%

EBacc achievement

Location

WF10 3JU - Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, West Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, West Yorkshire
Postcode
WF10 3JU
Phone
1977664555
Website
http://www.airedaleacademy.com/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Wakefield
Local authority code
384

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 367 schools in Wakefield.

Authority statistics

Total schools

367

Open schools

158

Closed schools

209

Primary schools

253

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Personal development

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Sixth form

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 March 202430 January 2024S5 InspectionRequires improvementView report for inspection published 19 March 2024
    18 January 202330 November 2022-School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 18 January 2023
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      19 March 2024
      Inspected
      30 January 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

      Published
      18 January 2023
      Inspected
      30 November 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    73.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 141

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    2.6%

    Post-16 (A level)

    z

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    Not published

    Value added

    Value added

    Not published

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    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 destination

    Education %

    79.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    4.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    12.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    41

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary253 (70.1%)
    • Secondary41 (11.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other67 (18.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Airedale High School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Pontefract the Castle School94 mNot applicableClosed
    Castleford Townville Infants' School182 mPrimaryClosed
    Wakefield Pathways School182 mNot applicableClosed
    Airedale Junior Academy369 mPrimaryOpen
    Airedale Infant School369 mPrimaryClosed
    Airedale Junior School369 mPrimaryClosed
    Townville Academy384 mPrimaryOpen
    Airedale Infant Academy384 mPrimaryOpen
    Hill Top School452 mNot applicableClosed
    • Airedale High School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Pontefract the Castle School
      Distance
      94 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Castleford Townville Infants' School
      Distance
      182 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Wakefield Pathways School
      Distance
      182 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Wakefield)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Airedale High SchoolSecondaryWF10 3JUClosed
    Carleton Community High School A Specialist Science CollegeSecondaryWF8 3NWClosed
    Carleton High SchoolSecondaryWF8 3NWOpen
    Castleford AcademySecondaryWF10 4JQOpen
    Castleford High School Technology and Sports College With Hearing Impairment ResourceSecondaryWF10 4JQClosed
    • Airedale High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WF10 3JU
      Status
      Closed
    • Carleton Community High School A Specialist Science College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WF8 3NW
      Status
      Closed
    • Carleton High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WF8 3NW
      Status
      Open
    • Castleford Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WF10 4JQ
      Status
      Open
    • Castleford High School Technology and Sports College With Hearing Impairment Resource
    Airedale Junior Academy
    Distance
    369 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Airedale Infant School
    Distance
    369 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Airedale Junior School
    Distance
    369 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Townville Academy
    Distance
    384 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Airedale Infant Academy
    Distance
    384 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hill Top School
    Distance
    452 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    WF10 4JQ
    Status
    Closed