Secondary
Horbury Academy
Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1070 of 1059 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 86.9
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 1,102
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
53%
7 points above the Wakefield average (46% across 20 schools)
48.7
3.0 above the Wakefield average (45.7 across 20 schools)
11th of 20 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wakefield we can score - 25 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 | 48.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 |
| Entered the EBacc | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
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 | 58% |
| 22/23 | 54% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.16 |
| 22/23 | +0.29 |
| 23/24 | +0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.9 |
| 22/23 | 49.8 |
| 23/24 | 48.9 |
| 24/25 | 48.7 |
Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE
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
- Headteacher
- Nicola Walker
- Address
- Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE
- Telephone
- 01924282740