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Schools in Wakefield
This page shows schools ranked on the new measure of their pupils' performance in GCSE-level exams.
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 pupils eligible to take the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of a school for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (IND, SEL) 100 100 1032.7 427.3
Wakefield Girls' High School (IND, SEL) 99 99 NA 413.5
Silcoates School (IND, SEL) 94 94 NA 293.3
St Thomas a Becket Catholic Comprehensive School 71 62 1005.7 NA
Ossett School 71 59 1020.4 269.5
Ackworth School (IND, SEL) 74 58 NA 339.8
Outwood Grange College 74 54 994.6 283.4
King's High School, The 52 49 970.3 NA
Wakefield Kettlethorpe High School 60 45 998.3 NA
Crofton High School 55 44 991 NA
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre, Featherstone 61 40 1008.9 255.9
Horbury School - A Specialist Language College 55 38 991 NA
Wakefield City High School 52 36 1013.1 NA
Minsthorpe Community College 51 35 981.7 191
Pontefract Carleton High School 46 34 966.4 NA
Castleford High School Technology College 42 31 964.3 NA
Hemsworth Arts and Community College 35 29 982.6 218.1
Featherstone High School 33 27 924.4 NA
Airedale High School 41 26 962.1 NA
Knottingley High School and Sports College 40 25 938.6 NA
Cathedral CE High School, The 29 21 948.8 NA
Freeston Business & Enterprise College, The 33 19 961.9 NA
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