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The Featherstone Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Pontefract Road, Featherstone, Pontefract WF7 5AJ · featherstone.academy · 01977 698000
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Wakefield 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 556
- 93% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.8%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 96 families put the school first and 98 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 98 | 96 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 110 | 106 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 94 | 92 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 95 | 77 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 85 | 99 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.6, and 35.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wakefield it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲80.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.85 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.1 | −4 |
| Sixth form college | 23.9 | −1.7 |
| Further education | 58 | +20.8 |
| Other education | 1.1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | −2.8 |
| Employment | 1.1 | −5.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.1 | −3.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | −4.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 March 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Featherstone Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Mar 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
45% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 45%
- Replies
- 29
- 7% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (38%) with SEND