Secondary
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1470 of 1800 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.0
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- 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)
- 74.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 103.3
- Pupils per adult
- 14.4
- Pupils
- 1,488
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 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
50%
5 points above the Pontefract average (45% across 6 schools)
46.7
2.0 above the Pontefract average (44.7 across 6 schools)
5th 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 | 46.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.18 |
| Entered the EBacc | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.13 |
| A level students | 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 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 49% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.9 |
| 22/23 | 28.6 |
| 23/24 | 31.8 |
| 24/25 | 31.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.05 |
| 22/23 | +0.04 |
| 23/24 | -0.01 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.6 |
| 22/23 | 47.0 |
| 23/24 | 47.7 |
| 24/25 | 46.7 |
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
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
- Philip Dore
- Address
- Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD
- Telephone
- 01977691000