St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
About the school
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy is an open secondary school in Wakefield.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 March 2023
- Published
- 24 May 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 46.3
- Wakefield
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Wakefield
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 45.30%
- Wakefield
- 45.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 65.50%
- Wakefield
- 65.20%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 56.80%
- Wakefield
- 32.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.32
- Wakefield
- 3.95
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
763
Girls
49.54%
Boys
50.46%
SEN support
11.27%
Education, health and care plan
7.86%
English as an additional language
31.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
26.74%
Overall absence
8.47
Persistent absence
22.43
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
149
Sustained education or employment
91%
Education
89%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
7%