Horbury Academy
Secondary schoolHorbury Academy is a secondary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,070 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 6 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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 Horbury Academy was 51.0, against 45.8 in Wakefield and 46.2 in England.
52.9% 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 | 51.0 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52.9% | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76.9% | 66.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 225 | – | – |
- 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- Horbury Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- Hall Cliffe SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file710 m
- Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Evolve AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), June 20241.1 km
- Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Ossett South Parade PrimaryPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 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).