SCHOOL PROFILE

Minsthorpe Community College: data, trends and context

Minsthorpe Community College is a secondary school in Wakefield. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137011
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Wakefield
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
MINSTHORPE ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WF9 2UJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,609
FSM eligible
33.5%
EAL / First language other than English
9.8%
SEND (total)
36.6%
SEN Support
32.3%
EHCP
4.3%
White British
86.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.9%
Overall absence
10.1%
Persistent absence
30.0%
Severe absence
4.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
WakefieldLocal authority90.3%9.7%4.7%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
33.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
12.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.25%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
41.3
English & maths grade 5+
36.4%
English & maths grade 4+
53.6%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Minsthorpe Community College is a secondary school in Wakefield. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.