# St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 762 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E138950. [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 762
- Council: Wakefield
- URN: 138950

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), March 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 29 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy was 49.1, against 45.8 in Wakefield and 46.2 in England.
51.4% 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 | 49.1 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51.4% | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65.5% | 66.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Castle Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-castle-nursery-school-e132014): 560 m. Nursery. School remains Good, September 2023
- [Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandal-castle-va-community-primary-school-e108270): 580 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sandal Magna Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandal-magna-community-academy-e139280): 590 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource](https://openindex.co.uk/school/methodist-voluntary-controlled-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-with-communication-resource-e108252): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kettlethorpe High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kettlethorpe-high-school-e108271): 1.8 km. Secondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Walton Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walton-primary-academy-e141282): 1.9 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2022. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/138950)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/138950)

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