Castleford Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The school has 1,477 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 28 January 2025. The Headteacher is Wesley Bush. The school is administered by Wakefield local authority. It belongs to CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 April 2011.
Applications for places at Castleford Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Wakefield). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
48.5
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.41
Progress 8 · 2023-24
51%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
67%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.08
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
18%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.