Secondary school

De Lacy Academy

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Wakefield
  • WF11 0BZ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Outstanding · inspected Apr 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,654 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 51%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 59%59%2016/17: top 57%2017/18: top 36%2018/19: top 29%29% · 2018/192021/22: top 49%2022/23: top 60%2023/24: top 56%2024/25: top 51%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 845.6 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.36/10 Middle−6.1 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths46.9% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%7/10 Above+8.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.98 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.936/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.12 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.075/10 Middle−28.6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2015/1613.18 · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.53Small cohort: 12 pupils in 2015/16 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.9 · 80 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 44.9 · 104 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 48.5 · 89 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 50.5 · 88 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 48.7 · 121 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 44.1 · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 44.5 · 170 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 45.6 · 147 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.350.544.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 27% · 104 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 38% · 89 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 36% · 88 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 49% · 121 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 32% · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 38.8% · 170 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 46.9% · 147 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%49%27%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 13.18 · 12 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.5313.18No exams

Not published 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in99.3%
154 of 155 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 99.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st155154
2nd216
3rd140

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvement
  4. 2015Requires improvement
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2022Outstanding

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026853
Free school meals (past 6 years)39.8%
First language not English6.9%
SEN support13.3%
EHC plan2.3%
Absence (sessions missed)10.8%
Persistently absent pupils32.4%

Girls 50.4%Boys 49.6%

70.5% full · 1,210 places · 39 in sixth form (2015/16)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.5
Pupils per adult11.9
  • Classroom teachers 41
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 18.1
  • Other support 30.4

Teachers 46 FTE · Whole workforce 94.5 · 116 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,895
Spend per pupil£7,390
Staff spend per pupil£5,509
Reserve per pupil£230
  • +£200,000revenue reserve
  • +£440,000in-year balance

Grants £8,186 · self-generated £231 · premises £446 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST (57 academies) · trust reserve £30,739,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

170 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained80%
  • Education66.5%
  • Apprenticeship5.9%
  • Employment7.6%
  • Not sustained15.9%
  • Unknown4.1%