Secondary schools in Wakefield
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
Wakefield has 18 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 3,844 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 82% stayed in education (England 86%): 12% in a school sixth form, 28% at a sixth form college, 41% at a further education college.
4% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.
8% of leavers had no sustained destination six months on, more than the 6% across England.
After sixth form, 35% of students in Wakefield went to university (England 37%), and 14% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
After Year 11: Wakefield against England
| Measure | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 3,844 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in Wakefield
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (18)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airedale AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,008 | 79% | 13% | 48% | 4% | 31% | 33.8 | 25% |
| Carleton High SchoolAcademy converter | 1,026 | 79% | 2% | 33% | 2% | — | 47.5 | 46% |
| Castleford AcademyAcademy converter | 1,480 | 81% | 2% | 48% | 4% | — | 48.5 | 51% |
| Crofton AcademyAcademy converter | 1,045 | 84% | 0% | 48% | 7% | — | 46.5 | 47% |
| De Lacy AcademyAcademy converter | 853 | 70% | 1% | 50% | 4% | — | 45.6 | 47% |
| Horbury AcademyAcademy converter | 1,070 | 82% | 10% | 43% | 6% | — | 48.7 | 53% |
| Kettlethorpe High SchoolCommunity school | 1,616 | 86% | 3% | 43% | 4% | — | 46.9 | 47% |
| Minsthorpe Community CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,609 | 79% | 26% | 40% | 6% | 28% | 41.3 | 36% |
| Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,699 | 83% | 37% | 29% | 7% | 32% | 51.0 | 55% |
| Outwood Academy City FieldsAcademy converter | 928 | 80% | 3% | 55% | 1% | — | 38.8 | 29% |
| Outwood Academy FreestonAcademy converter | 993 | 80% | 1% | 47% | 4% | — | 44.6 | 40% |
| Outwood Academy HemsworthAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,101 | 74% | 15% | 50% | 3% | 37% | 41.0 | 40% |
| Outwood Grange AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,900 | 87% | 26% | 37% | 4% | 61% | 47.2 | 53% |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | 762 | 89% | 2% | 36% | 1% | — | 46.3 | 45% |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,470 | 86% | 21% | 37% | 6% | 38% | 46.7 | 50% |
| The Featherstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 556 | 86% | 2% | 48% | 3% | — | 41.6 | 36% |
| The King's SchoolAcademy converter | 1,041 | 81% | 2% | 23% | 4% | — | 49.9 | 60% |
| Trinity Academy CathedralAcademy converter | 1,028 | 83% | 8% | 61% | 2% | — | 48.7 | 49% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (12)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of Yorkshire Education Groupcollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 19% | — | — |
| Ackworth Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form | 429 | — | — | — | — | — | 33.9 | 0% |
| Queen Elizabeths School Wakefieldindependent · Other independent school · sixth form · selective | 668 | — | — | — | — | — | 43.8 | 0% |
| Silcoates Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form | 517 | — | — | — | — | — | 30.5 | 0% |
| CAPA Collegesixth form · Free schools 16 to 19 · sixth form | 502 | — | — | — | — | 63% | — | — |
| New College Pontefractsixth form · Academy 16-19 converter · sixth form | 0 | — | — | — | — | 54% | — | — |
| Denby Grange Schoolspecial · Other independent special school | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.4 | 0% |
| Hall Cliffe Schoolspecial · Other independent special school | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | 6.7 | 0% |
| Highfield Schoolspecial · Foundation special school · sixth form | 210 | 97% | 0% | 18% | 0% | — | — | — |
| High Well Schoolspecial · Community special school | 104 | 55% | 0% | 50% | 0% | — | 1.7 | 0% |
| Meadowcroft Schoolspecial · Other independent special school · sixth form | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7 | 0% |
| Oakfield Park Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form | 176 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |