Airedale Academy
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Crofton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,045of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 30.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 198
- Ofsted
- Good, 11 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Crofton High School - Specialists In Maths and Computing: With Visual Impairment Resource (URN 108281, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Crofton Academy has no sixth form. Of the 199 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 36% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 36% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Wakefield, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wakefield and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Crofton Academy | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 199 | 3,844 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 36% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Crofton Academy | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.5 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.00 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.7 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.4 | 49.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 198 | 100% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 73% |
| English Language | 196 | 99% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 67% |
| English Literature | 193 | 97% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 164 | 83% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 57% |
| Geography | 102 | 52% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 58% |
| History | 98 | 49% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 44 | 22% | 11% | 30% | 24% | 70% |
| Business Studies | 40 | 20% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 57% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 15% | 23% | 50% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 30 | 15% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 30 | 15% | 23% | 53% | 46% | 97% |
| French | 30 | 15% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 87% |
| Fine Art | 27 | 14% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 78% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 11% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 59% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 9% | 8% | 22% | 21% | 67% |
| Music | 17 | 9% | 5% | 6% | 33% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 8% | 11% | 38% | 23% | 94% |
| Drama | 15 | 8% | 7% | 27% | 27% | 80% |
| Spanish | 9 | 5% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 78% |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 20 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 11 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.