The Featherstone Academy
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Pontefract · WF7 5AJ · Wakefield
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedSecondaryURN 108292
Featherstone Technology College: With Physical Disability Resource
Community school · Pontefract · WF7 5AJ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Wakefield
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Pontefract, Wakefield. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. SEN provision includes: PD - Physical Disability.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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The King's School
Academy converter · Secondary
Pontefract · WF8 4JF · Wakefield
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.2 miles away
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St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · Secondary
Pontefract · WF7 6BD · Wakefield
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.6 miles away
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Carleton High School
Academy converter · Secondary
Pontefract · WF8 3NW · Wakefield
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.7 miles away
Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 108292
Location
- Address
- Pontefract Road, Purston, Featherstone
- Postcode
- WF7 5AJ
- Town
- Pontefract
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Hemsworth
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published.
- School capacity
- 900
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- PD - Physical Disability
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 18 on roll / 24 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Dr Stuart Wilson