Minsthorpe Community College

Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF9 2UJ

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About this school

Minsthorpe Community College is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The school has 1,575 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 8 November 2023). Last inspected 8 November 2023. The Principal is Mark Gilmore/ Rachael Merritt. The school is administered by Wakefield local authority. It belongs to MINSTHORPE ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 August 2011.

School details

Principal

Mark Gilmore/ Rachael Merritt

Trust

MINSTHORPE ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Wakefield

Gender

Mixed

URN

137011

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Minsthorpe Community College 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)

• 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.

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