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Woodkirk Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Rein Road, Tingley, Wakefield WF3 1JQ · woodkirkacademy.co.uk · 0113 887 3600

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
52.8
average Attainment 8 score. Leeds 45.5, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,769
99% of 1,785 places
Local authority
Leeds
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.9%
First language not English
10.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Leodis Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leeds Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 229 families put the school first and 294 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 271 (Places 315)271September 2023: 291 (Places 315)291September 2024: 265 (Places 320)265September 2025: 267 (Places 302)267September 2026: 229 (Places 294)229Places 294
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262942290.8100%
September 2025Sept 20253022670.9100%
September 2024Sept 20243202650.8100%
September 2023Sept 20233152910.999%
September 2022Sept 20223152710.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.8, and 62.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leeds it was 45.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (38.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 52.9 (England 46.3)52.92017/18: 51.0 (England 46.5)51.02018/19: 51.5 (England 46.7)51.52021/22: 55.3 (England 48.8)55.32022/23: 48.7 (England 46.3)48.72023/24: 49.8 (England 45.9)49.82024/25: 52.8 (England 46.0)52.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲52.846.0
▲62.5%45.4%
▲77.5%64.8%
▲73.9%40.5%
▲5.054.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form49.2−0.3
Sixth form college2.3−2.9
Further education34.5+2.6
Other education0.3—
Apprenticeship4.20
Employment2.3−0.3
Not in a lasting destination3.3−1.3
Activity not captured3.9+1.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.2 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 27.6 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 30.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 34.1 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 34.6 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 31.3 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 36.2 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 38.4 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
120 studentsB (38.4)Above average +0.34
122 studentsB- (38.3)Above average +0.35
72 studentsDist (34)Above average +0.25
26.5%AAB or better
97.1%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24120B- (36.2)+0.08
2022/23131C (31.3)—
2021/22135C+ (34.6)—
2018/19144C+ (34.1)+0.14
2017/18159C (30.7)-0.07
2016/17169C- (27.6)-0.06
2015/16155C (29.2)+0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University45.6−1.6
Further and other education2.7+0.8
Further education1.4+0.1
Other education1.4+0.8
Apprenticeship10.2+0.8
Employment25.2−7.5
Not in a lasting destination11.6+4.7
Activity not captured4.8+2.9

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Woodkirk Academy was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
13 Mar 2023
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Jan 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (193 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
69%
Replies
193
10% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼71% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼76% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼75% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼80% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼75% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼68% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼73% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼60% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼53% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼40% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼55% agreeEngland 67%

based on 46 parents (24%) with SEND

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