Secondary · WF10 · Wakefield

Castleford Academy

Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, WF10 4JQ

CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.41
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1480

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Mar 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and leadership and management good; personal development outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WF10. Where we have them, council (Wakefield) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1480
Free school meals
28.7%
1.6% above district average (27.1%)

Also: Wakefield 28.5% · England 25.8%

SEN
17.2%
4.1% below district average (21.3%)

Also: Wakefield 17.7% · England 16.5%

EAL
5.6%
2.4% below district average (8%)
Attendance
95.7%
0.5% above district average (95.2%)

Also: Wakefield 90.8% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
8.9%
Progress 8
+0.41 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
48.5
Grade 5+ English & maths
50.5%
Grade 4+ English & maths
66.8%
Entered for EBacc
18%
EBacc average point score
4.08

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WF10 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.5%
  • 2021/2292.1%
  • 2022/2392.8%
  • 2023/2492%
  • 2024/2591.6%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
1200
Pupils on roll
1480

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Wakefield page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.2%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · HI
Need types
HI

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates