Secondary
Airedale Academy
Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1008 of 1250 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
25%
33.8
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Castleford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 33.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.81 |
| Entered the EBacc | 5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 23% |
| 23/24 | 24% |
| 24/25 | 25% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.23 |
| 22/23 | -0.68 |
| 23/24 | -0.72 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.1 |
| 22/23 | 33.2 |
| 23/24 | 34.0 |
| 24/25 | 33.8 |
Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wakefield admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Andy Percival
- Address
- Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU
- Telephone
- 01977664555