St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF7 6BDPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,470 pupils. St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy is part of THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 11 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 46.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 49.6%
EBacc average point score: 4.18

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,470

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,470
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 18 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Apr 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.