Ackworth Mill Dam School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Pontefract · WF7 7PH · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM14.0%
0.4 miles away
OpenURN 108300
Ackworth School
Other independent school · West Yorkshire · WF7 7LT
Ages 2–19 · 429 pupils · Wakefield
Attainment 8
41.3
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Attainment 841.3
English & maths grade 5+0%
English & maths grade 4+0%
EBacc entry0%
EBacc APS: 3.4
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill73%
429 pupils · 589 places
- Pupils on roll
- 429
- Boys / girls
- 229 / 200
- School capacity
- 589
- Capacity fill
- 429 / 589 (73%)
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Other independent school
Age range
Ages 2–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
4 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Quaker
- Religious ethos
- Quaker
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Mr Martyn Beer
Location
- Address
- Pontefract Road, Ackworth, Pontefract
- Postcode
- WF7 7LT
- Town
- West Yorkshire
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed other independent school, Ages 2–19, in West Yorkshire, Wakefield, 429 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, independent, special school. Religious character: Quaker.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Pontefract · WF7 7JH · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS284%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM10.8%
0.5 miles away
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Pontefract · WF7 7HH · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS272%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM2.3%
0.5 miles away
Oakfield Park School
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity special school
Pontefract · WF7 7DT · Wakefield
Ages 11–19
- Absence11.3%
- FSM62.9%
0.8 miles away
Fitzwilliam Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Pontefract · WF9 5BA · Wakefield
Ages 2–11
- KS231%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM27.1%
1.8 miles away
The Featherstone Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Pontefract · WF7 5AJ · Wakefield
Ages 11–16
- Att840.6
- P8-0.3
- EM5+42%
- Absence10.2%
1.9 miles away
Featherstone Purston Infant School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Pontefract · WF7 5HF · Wakefield
Ages 3–7
- Absence7.3%
- FSM18.8%
1.9 miles away
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Pontefract · WF7 5JB · Wakefield
Ages 3–7
- Absence8.2%
- FSM33.3%
2.0 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Martyn Beer
- Telephone
- 01977233600