Airedale Academy
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; map: OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps.
How it is worked outThe dashed circle is drawn from the school as far as the last child offered a place lived, in a straight line. A red dot is your home, with a line to the school. Tap the map to open the full Schools map.
- Councils measure distance their own way (some by walking route), so the circle is a guide, not a boundary.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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How it is worked outRanked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs. One year and one figure: each school's place among Wakefield's secondaries with a published figure that year; the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.
- One rank everywhere on the site. A school with no published figure that year is not ranked, never put last.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Requires improvement, January 2024
- Getting in
- Not full for Year 7 2026
- Results
- -0.72 progress 8; 39.4 attainment 8
- Size
- 1,008 pupils; 155 places a year; classes of 24
- Run by
- Castleford Academy Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18 · Mixed
- Progress 8: -0.72, against +0.07 in Wakefield.
- Attainment 8: 39.4, against 46.7 in Wakefield.
- English and maths, grade 5+: 35%, against 49% in Wakefield.
- Sessions missed: 15.2%, against 9.4% in Wakefield.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 30 January 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
- Requires improvement
- Progress 8: -0.72 (England +0.01) (county +0.07)
- Attainment 8: 39.4 (England 47.4) (county 46.7)
- English and maths grade 5 or above: 35% (England 48%) (county 49%)
- Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: well below average
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -0.72 | +0.01 | +0.07 | 2023/2024 |
| Attainment 8 | 39.4 | 47.4 | 46.7 | 2025/2026 |
| English and maths grade 5 or above | 35% | 48% | 49% | 2025/2026 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| GCSE (key stage 4) | (17/18) |
Where leavers go
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SourceDfE, destination measures.
- A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
| Stage | Leavers in | Pupils | In a sustained place | Of which |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After GCSEs | 2023/24 | 158 | 85% | In education 78%; Apprenticeship 3.2%; Employment 3.2% |
| After GCSEs | 2022/23 | 178 | 87% | In education 79%; Apprenticeship 3.9%; Employment 3.9% |
| After GCSEs | 2021/22 | 214 | 83% | In education 73%; Apprenticeship 3.3%; Employment 6.5% |
| After sixth form | 2023/24 | 12 | 75% | Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 25%; Employment 17% |
| After sixth form | 2022/23 | 36 | 83% | Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 5.6%; Employment 47% |
| After sixth form | 2021/22 | 30 | 87% | Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 3.3%; Employment 67% |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 15% of sessions missed; 42% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29%
- Suspensions: 106 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 3 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 24.4 pupils; 7.0% of classes have more than 30
- 16.2 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 129 m
- 28 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 11 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.0 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 15% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 42% | 9.4% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 43% | 5.5% |
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 38% | 6.1% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 9.7% | 29% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 106.2 | 24% | 1,129 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 121.8 | 23% | 1,265 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 73.0 | 20% | 721 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 25.9 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 24.4 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 7.0% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 16.2 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 129 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 11 serious and 0 fatal in all; 14 involved a pedestrian, 7 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 9.3 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 11.8 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 7.0 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 52% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 7.6% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 22% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 4.7% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 54% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2024.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 30 January 2024 | Graded inspection | Requires improvement |
| 30 November 2022 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good (Concerns) |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
- 144 families put it first for 155 places; every one of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 155 | 144 | 205 | 144 |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 177 | 141 | 211 | 141 |
| Year 7 | 2024 | 173 | 164 | 225 | 164 |
| Year 7 | 2023 | 189 | 150 | 207 | 150 |
| Year 7 | 2022 | 210 | 156 | 200 | 156 |
| Year 7 | 2021 | 172 | 141 | 196 | 141 |
| Year 7 | 2020 | 184 | 149 | 205 | 149 |
| Year 7 | 2019 | 141 | 130 | 173 | 130 |
| Year 7 | 2018 | 179 | 163 | 221 | 163 |
| Year 7 | 2017 | 177 | 166 | 220 | 166 |
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined February 2025
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2011
- Castleford Academy Trust, with 9 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2011
- Replaced Airedale High School (URN 108278)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Castleford Academy1.3 miArk The King's School2.5 miSt Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy2.6 miDe Lacy Academy3.1 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, destination measures
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Castleford and the Wakefield league table.
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