Castleford Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 9 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wakefield
Unique reference
136633
Address
Ferrybridge Road, WF10 4JQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1513 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.8%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Other White 4%
Mixed 3.2%
Chinese 1%
African 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award34
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
Health StudiesTechnical Award63
MultimediaTechnical Award58
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Castleford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
291
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
300
2nd preference
138
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
289
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
306
150
156
Year 8
303
156
147
Year 9
296
164
132
Year 10
301
144
157
Year 11
302
162
140
Year 13
5
4
1
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
36.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
13.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
41.0%
31.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
32.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
12.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
11.0%
6.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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