Crofton Academy

Academy converter · Secondary school · Wakefield, Wakefield

WF4 1NF

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

58.1

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#1,425

National rank

#129

In Yorkshire and The Humber

#10

In Wakefield

Top 46%

Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score ?

46.5

National avg ≈ 46

Progress 8 score ?

—

Why no data?

% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths ?

47%

% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths ?

66%

% EBacc grade 5+ ?

EBacc average points score

4.00

Attainment 8 (year-on-year) 50.0 → 46.5 ▼ 3.5 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,059 % FSM ever-6 32.0% % EAL 2.1% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Location

Nearby secondary schools

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Wakefield · 2.2 mi 57.9 Outwood Academy Freeston Normanton · 2.7 mi 55.8 Outwood Academy City Fields Wakefield · 2.9 mi 48.5 Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield · 3.0 mi 58.6 Trinity Academy Cathedral Wakefield · 3.7 mi 60.9 The Featherstone Academy Pontefract · 3.8 mi 52.0 St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Pontefract · 3.9 mi 58.4 Outwood Academy Hemsworth Pontefract · 4.2 mi 51.2