Airedale Academy
Secondary schoolAiredale Academy is a secondary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,008 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Airedale Academy was 39.4, against 45.8 in Wakefield and 46.2 in England.
35.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 39.4 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35.3% | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.7% | 66.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 201 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Airedale Junior AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, April 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)370 m
- Airedale Infant AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025380 m
- Townville AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed380 m
- Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Oyster Park Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Glasshoughton Infant AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), January 20231.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wakefield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).