Secondary
Minsthorpe Community College
Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1609 of 1755 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- MINSTHORPE ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
36%
41.3
2nd of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Pontefract we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.39 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 24.49 |
| A level students | 29 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.9 |
| 22/23 | 27.9 |
| 23/24 | 31.9 |
| 24/25 | 24.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.12 |
| 22/23 | +0.11 |
| 23/24 | +0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.4 |
| 22/23 | 43.4 |
| 23/24 | 41.8 |
| 24/25 | 41.3 |
Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wakefield admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Mark Gilmore/ Rachael Merritt
- Address
- Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ
- Telephone
- 01977657600