St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Secondary
- Academy converter
- Ages 11 to 16
- Roman Catholic
URN 138950 · Wakefield · THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest graded inspection
29 March 2023Overall effectiveness
Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
Full inspection (section 5)
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Earlier graded inspection
7 May 2014Overall effectiveness
Good
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Wakefield and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/258.5%
- Wakefield
- 9.6%
- England
- 8.4%
0.1 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.5% |
| 2018/19 | 5.2% | 6.2% | 5.5% |
| 2020/21 | 6.9% | 5.8% | 5.5% |
| 2021/22 | 10.8% | 9.2% | 9.0% |
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 9.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023/24 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 8.9% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 8.4% |
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/2522.4%
- Wakefield
- 26.2%
- England
- 23.4%
1.0 percentage point lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 19.7% | 18.5% | 13.9% |
| 2018/19 | 13.0% | 16.5% | 13.7% |
| 2020/21 | 17.8% | 16.8% | 14.8% |
| 2021/22 | 34.3% | 28.7% | 27.7% |
| 2022/23 | 30.0% | 26.6% | 26.5% |
| 2023/24 | 27.2% | 28.8% | 25.6% |
| 2024/25 | 22.4% | 26.2% | 23.4% |
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/254.3%
- Wakefield
- 5.6%
- England
- 3.9%
0.4 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| 2018/19 | 0.8% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| 2020/21 | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| 2021/22 | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3.8% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 5.6% | 3.9% |
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Wakefield and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/2526.87
- Wakefield
- 46.69
- England
- 21.24
5.63 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 17.23 | 19.77 | 10.13 |
| 2018/19 | 13.62 | 34.68 | 10.75 |
| 2019/20 | 10.40 | 18.96 | 7.43 |
| 2020/21 | 11.42 | 20.38 | 8.48 |
| 2021/22 | 14.25 | 28.77 | 13.96 |
| 2022/23 | 20.50 | 33.29 | 18.90 |
| 2023/24 | 25.31 | 48.18 | 22.61 |
| 2024/25 | 26.87 | 46.69 | 21.24 |
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.52
- Wakefield
- 0.35
- England
- 0.23
0.29 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.71 | 0.34 | 0.20 |
| 2018/19 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.20 |
| 2019/20 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.13 |
| 2020/21 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| 2021/22 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
| 2023/24 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
| 2024/25 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.23 |
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 4 results
Against Wakefield and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)49.1
- Wakefield
- 46.7
- England
- 47.4
1.7 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 48.2 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 46.5 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | 46.5 | 46.1 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 46.3 | 45.8 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 49.1 | 46.7 | 47.4 |
The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 4 or above
2025/26 (provisional)66%
- Wakefield
- 68%
- England
- 66%
The same as England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 70% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 67% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 67% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 66% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 66% | 68% | 66% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 5 or above
2025/26 (provisional)51%
- Wakefield
- 49%
- England
- 48%
3 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 52% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 46% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 48% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 46% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 51% | 49% | 48% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
Pupils
Against Wakefield and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2526.5%
- Wakefield
- 28.5%
- England
- 25.8%
0.7 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 20.2% | 21.8% | 20.9% |
| 2022/23 | 23.4% | 24.1% | 22.7% |
| 2023/24 | 24.4% | 26.5% | 24.1% |
| 2024/25 | 26.5% | 28.5% | 25.8% |
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/2511.3%
- Wakefield
- 14.0%
- England
- 13.4%
2.1 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 17.1% | 12.2% | 11.9% |
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 12.2% | 12.4% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 13.5% | 12.9% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 14.0% | 13.4% |
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/257.9%
- Wakefield
- 3.6%
- England
- 3.1%
4.8 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 7.4% | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 2.9% | 2.4% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 3.3% | 2.7% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/2531.8%
- Wakefield
- 10.7%
- England
- 19.2%
12.6 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 28.9% | 9.1% | 17.5% |
| 2022/23 | 29.6% | 9.7% | 18.1% |
| 2023/24 | 30.2% | 10.2% | 18.6% |
| 2024/25 | 31.8% | 10.7% | 19.2% |
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Wakefield and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2619.9
- Wakefield
- 18.5
- England
- 17.3
2.6 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | 22.4 | 17.8 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | 22.4 | 18.6 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | 28.7 | 18.4 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | 29.9 | 18.3 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | 24.2 | 18.7 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/254.3 days
- Wakefield
- 5.4 days
- England
- 5.0 days
0.7 days lower than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.6 days | 4.4 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | 2.8 days | 4.8 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | 1.1 days | 5.4 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | 2.4 days | 7.1 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | 12.8 days | 6.3 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | 5.3 days | 6.4 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 4.3 days | 5.4 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 762
- Capacity
- 750
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- Special educational needs provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 9 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Address: Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
Website: www.st-thomasabecket.bkcat.co.uk/
Telephone: 01924303545
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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