Kettlethorpe High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Wakefield
Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Wakefield, WF2 7EL
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.5%
27.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,616
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
1,750 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
242 of 242 families who put it first got an offer
294
Places offered
487
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 242 | 242 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 124 | 34 | ● 27% |
| 3rd preference | 54 | 8 | ● 15% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 67 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 487 | 286 | 59% |
1st preference success by year
Wakefield lets families list 5 preferences. 40 applications came from outside the council area (26 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Roisin Paul
- Address
- Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7EL
- Phone
- 01924251605
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Ward / constituency
- Wakefield South · Ossett and Denby Dale
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108271
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,616 pupils · 1,750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
15 June 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,734 pupils
Attendance
88.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
7.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 47.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 65.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 80.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.46 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 315 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.