Airedale Academy
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8
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De Lacy Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 853of 1,210 places
- Free school meals
- 43.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 147
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 5 April 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Knottingley High School and Sports College (URN 108283, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
De Lacy Academy has no sixth form. Of the 139 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 19% moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
16% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Wakefield, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wakefield and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | De Lacy Academy | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 139 | 3,844 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 79% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 70% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 19% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | De Lacy Academy | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.6 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 36% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.4 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.7 | 49.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 146 | 99% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 84% |
| Mathematics | 146 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 141 | 96% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 60% |
| English Literature | 137 | 93% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 76% |
| History | 80 | 54% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 68% |
| Geography | 56 | 38% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 39% |
| French | 50 | 34% | 18% | 26% | 29% | 90% |
| Fine Art | 43 | 29% | 9% | 12% | 28% | 72% |
| Photography | 26 | 18% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 77% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 7% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 80% |
| Statistics | 7 | 5% | 5% | 43% | 20% | 86% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 44 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 35 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.