Kettlethorpe High School
Secondary schoolKettlethorpe High School is a secondary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,616 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 23 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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 Kettlethorpe High School was 48.8, against 45.8 in Wakefield and 46.2 in England.
57% 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 | 48.8 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.5% | 66.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 342 | – | – |
- 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- Hendal Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd)Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.7 km
- Crigglestone Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, February 20251.7 km
- Crigglestone St James CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademySecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.8 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).