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St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy: data, trends and context

St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy 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.

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School identity

URN
138951
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Wakefield
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WF7 6BD
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website
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Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,470
FSM eligible
22.8%
EAL / First language other than English
12.9%
SEND (total)
19.7%
SEN Support
14.8%
EHCP
4.9%
White British
73.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.0%
Overall absence
8.0%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Severe absence
2.7%

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
47.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
13.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.34%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
46.7
English & maths grade 5+
49.6%
English & maths grade 4+
69.0%

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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St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy 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.