School Overview
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy is a academy converter located in Pontefract. It serves the secondary phase for students aged 11 to 18. The school currently has 1,481 pupils with a capacity of 1,800. The school has a Roman Catholic character.
School Performance
Official DfE data · 2024-25 · 8 years of data
Performance data is published annually by the Department for Education. Figures reflect the most recent available results. National averages are for state-funded schools in England.
GCSE Results (Key Stage 4)
2024-25Progress 8
Attainment 8
46.7
Above averageNational: 46.3
Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
49.6%
National: 45.3%
Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
69%
National: 65%
EBacc Entry
38.4%
National: 39.1%
A-Level & Post-16 Results (Key Stage 5)
2024-25Avg A-Level Grade
C
Avg Point Score
31.13
Close to averageNational: 33.2
AAB+ (2 Facilitating)
10.8%
National: 15.8%
Applied General
Merit+
Performance Trends
7 years of dataProgress 8
-0.05
'15-16'16-17'17-18'18-19'21-22'22-23'23-24
Attainment 8
+0.70
'15-16'16-17'17-18'18-19'21-22'22-23'23-24
Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
+5.3%
'16-17'17-18'18-19'21-22'22-23'23-24
EBacc Entry
+6.5%
'15-16'16-17'17-18'18-19'21-22'22-23'23-24
Overall Absence
+0.5%
'15-16'16-17'17-18'18-19'21-22'22-23'23-24
Persistent Absence
+3.0%
'15-16'16-17'17-18'18-19'21-22'22-23'23-24
Where Leavers Go
2024-2586%
Education 86%
Apprenticeship 6%
Employment 2%
Higher Education Destinations
Going to HE
67%
Top Third Unis
17%
Apprenticeship
4%
School Demographics
2024-25Boys
52.06%
Girls
47.94%
EAL
12.5%
FSM Ever
22.57%
SEN Support
12.9%
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