Airedale Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,008 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8
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The King's School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,041of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 206
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The King's School Specialising in Mathematics and Computing (URN 108275, until 1 April 2013).
What the data says
The King's School has no sixth form. Of the 206 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 55% moved to a sixth form college, 23% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 55% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | The King's School | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 206 | 3,844 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 55% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 23% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The King's School | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.9 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 47% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.1 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.0 | 49.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 Literature | 205 | 100% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 81% |
| English Language | 205 | 100% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 78% |
| Mathematics | 205 | 100% | 88% | 26% | 22% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 185 | 90% | 65% | 23% | 9% | 75% |
| Geography | 117 | 57% | 41% | 30% | 25% | 78% |
| Spanish | 95 | 46% | 19% | 7% | 27% | 72% |
| History | 71 | 34% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 63% |
| Fine Art | 48 | 23% | 9% | 21% | 28% | 79% |
| Photography | 45 | 22% | 6% | 29% | 19% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 14% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 64% |
| Drama | 26 | 13% | 7% | 12% | 27% | 69% |
| Physical Education | 21 | 10% | 11% | 76% | 24% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 9% | 31% | 22% | 32% | 61% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 6% | 23% | 100% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 13 | 6% | 23% | 100% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 13 | 6% | 23% | 100% | 46% | 100% |
| Music | 9 | 4% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 56% |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 59 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 7 | — | — |
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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.