Further education · 16 plus
Wakefield · WF1 2DH · Wakefield
Ages 16–99
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 108305
Wakefield Girls' High School
Other independent school · Wakefield · WF1 2QS
Ages 7–18 · 589 pupils · Wakefield
Attainment 8
64.7
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Attainment 864.7
English & maths grade 5+79%
English & maths grade 4+95%
EBacc entry60%
EBacc APS: 6.0
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill65%
589 pupils · 900 places
- Pupils on roll
- 589
- Boys / girls
- 0 / 589
- School capacity
- 900
- Capacity fill
- 589 / 900 (65%)
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Girls
- School type
- Other independent school
Age range
Ages 7–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Mrs Judith Tingle
Location
- Address
- Wentworth Street
- Postcode
- WF1 2QS
- Town
- Wakefield
- County
- 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.
Girls other independent school, Ages 7–18, in Wakefield, Wakefield, 589 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, independent, selective admissions.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent school
Wakefield · WF1 2DG · Wakefield
Ages 3–7
0.1 miles away
Other independent school
Wakefield · WF1 3QX · Wakefield
Ages 7–18
- Att846.3
- EM5+0%
0.1 miles away
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 3JP · Wakefield
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM15.8%
- Demand1.03
0.3 miles away
Free schools 16 to 19 · 16 plus
Wakefield · WF1 2QN · Wakefield
Ages 16–19
- FSM0.0%
0.4 miles away
St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 3PF · Wakefield
Ages 4–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM9.8%
- Demand1.11
0.5 miles away
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 3SQ · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS248%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM22.2%
- Demand1.09
0.6 miles away
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Wakefield · WF2 8ST · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM30.7%
- Demand0.94
0.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Judith Tingle
- Telephone
- 01924372490