Woodkirk Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wakefield, Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodkirk Academy is a secondary school in Wakefield, Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Woodkirk Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was B (England B-).
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 229 first-choice applications for 294 offers; 65 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower, and 57 to families outside Leeds.
- 19.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leeds.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rein Road, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1JQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,769 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at Woodkirk Academy.”
- “Pupils and staff are committed to the school ethos of ‘be kind, work hard and take responsibility’.”
- “This shines through in all aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ use of assessment to understand how well pupils are retaining knowledge and skills over time is inconsistent.”
- “However, in other subjects, assessment is not as systematic and methodical.”
- “It does not contribute as well to pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 229 first-preference applications, 294 offers in total, 229 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- The Morley Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bruntcliffe Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cockburn School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockburn John Charles Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rodillian Academy 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Farnley Academy 4.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- University Technical College Leeds 4.5 mi Good