Other independent special school
Wakefield · WF2 0QB · Wakefield
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 108303
Silcoates School
Other independent school · West Yorkshire · WF2 0PD
Ages 2–19 · 517 pupils · Wakefield
Attainment 8
36.8
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Attainment 836.8
English & maths grade 5+0%
English & maths grade 4+0%
EBacc entry0%
EBacc APS: 1.6
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill65%
517 pupils · 800 places
- Pupils on roll
- 517
- Boys / girls
- 276 / 241
- School capacity
- 800
- Capacity fill
- 517 / 800 (65%)
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Other independent school
Age range
Ages 2–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- United Reformed Church
- Religious ethos
- United Reformed Church
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Mr Phil King
Location
- Address
- Silcoates Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield
- Postcode
- WF2 0PD
- Town
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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, 517 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, independent, non-selective admissions. Religious character: United Reformed Church.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Phil King
- Telephone
- 01924291614