Woodkirk Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leeds
Rein Road, Wakefield, WF3 1JQ
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.8%
19.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,769
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,785 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
267 of 267 families who put it first got an offer
302
Places offered
791
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 267 | 267 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 190 | 7 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 226 | 5 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 108 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 791 | 279 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Leeds lets families list 5 preferences. 101 applications came from outside the council area (43 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Timothy Jones
- Address
- Rein Road, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1JQ
- Phone
- 01138873600
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Ward / constituency
- Morley South · Leeds South West and Morley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137383
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LEODIS ACADEMIES TRUST
1,769 pupils · 1,785 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
14 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,520 pupils
Attendance
92.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.4%
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 | 49.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.23 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 62.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 73.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.05 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 280 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.42 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 26.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 120 | — |
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.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 278 | 37% | 71% | 85% | |
| English Language | 278 | 27% | 67% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 265 | 24% | 61% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 209 | 14% | 47% | 69% | |
| History | 141 | 21% | 60% | 70% | |
| Geography | 131 | 31% | 66% | 78% | |
| French | 92 | 34% | 79% | 91% | |
| Business | 69 | 28% | 65% | 75% | |
| Biology | 65 | 71% | 91% | 94% | |
| Physics | 60 | 87% | 100% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 60 | 23% | 77% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 60 | 83% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 47 | 21% | 55% | 81% | |
| Psychology | 30 | 10% | 30% | 53% | |
| Chemistry | 28 | 0% | 43% | 71% | |
| Biology | 27 | 11% | 37% | 70% | |
| Business Studies | 19 | 0% | 53% | 79% | |
| Physics | 18 | 0% | 33% | 56% | |
| Law | 16 | 0% | 19% | 38% | |
| Geography | 16 | 0% | 25% | 50% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 16 | 0% | 6% | 25% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 7% | 36% | |
| Sociology | 12 | 17% | 25% | 58% | |
| English Language | 11 | 9% | 9% | 55% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 15616: Woodkirk Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 47% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 9% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 49% | — | — |
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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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Leeds council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.