St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
1,470 pupils · 82% of 1,800 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Post-16 | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 10 March 2026, published 11 May 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 49.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 69% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 38.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 272 | 263 | 586 | 272 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 270 | 256 | 590 | 270 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 264 | 259 | 555 | 264 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 270 | 289 | 460 | 270 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 247 | 230 | 422 | 247 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 248 | 242 | 430 | 248 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 271 | 257 | 468 | 271 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 276 | 272 | 456 | 276 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Featherstone Academy 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The King's School 3.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Outwood Academy Freeston 3.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Castleford Academy 3.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Airedale Academy 4.3 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Carleton High School 4.5 km · Improved significantly (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.