Secondary
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 762 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 48.2
- Pupils per adult
- 15.2
- Pupils
- 731
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 March 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
45%
1 points below the Wakefield average (46% across 20 schools)
46.3
0.6 above the Wakefield average (45.7 across 20 schools)
8th 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 | 46.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.32 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% |
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 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 40% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 45% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.21 |
| 22/23 | +0.26 |
| 23/24 | +0.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.6 |
| 22/23 | 44.1 |
| 23/24 | 46.5 |
| 24/25 | 46.3 |
Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
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
- Acting Principal
- Patrick Caldwell
- Address
- Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
- Telephone
- 01924303545