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Heart of Yorkshire Education Group

16 plus · Further education · Mixed · Wakefield

Margaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH

Website 01924789789

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Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

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No graded inspection

Application demand

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Attendance

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No data

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At a glance

Pupils on roll

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GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Further education
Phase
16 plus
Age range
16–99
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Headteacher
Samantha Wright
Address
Margaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH
Phone
01924789789
Local authority
Wakefield
Ward / constituency
Wakefield North · Wakefield and Rothwell
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
130549

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals———
English as additional language———
SEN support———

— pupils. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).

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A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry26.58——

Average grade: C- (England B-)

A-level results over time

23.33201927.66202227.14202326.58202428.362025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry28.3635
Average gradeC—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)8.6%17%
A-level students190—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Law750%3%11%
Psychology580%0%17%
Sociology470%2%28%
History353%17%34%
Business Studies343%3%26%
Mathematics2811%39%54%
English Language274%11%33%
English Literature274%7%19%
Biology1718%18%29%
Chemistry157%53%53%
Geography157%7%13%
Physics140%21%43%

Oxbridge

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Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 40352: Wakefield College

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers0
Success rate—
Accepted offers0

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)16%——
Apprenticeships11%——
Any education or training24%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

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.