Crofton Academy

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Crofton Academy
Crofton Academy logo.jpg
Address
Crofton Academy
High Street

Crofton, Wakefield
,
West Yorkshire
,
WF4 1NF

England
Coordinates 53°39′24″N1°25′48″W / 53.65673°N 1.42987°W / 53.65673; -1.42987
Information
Type Academy
Founder Richmal Mangal (indirect)
Specialist Mathematics and Computing College
Department for Education URN 137001 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherPeter Walker
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,020
Website http://www.croftonacademy.org.uk/

Crofton Academy (formerly Crofton High School) is an 11-16 state secondary school outside Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The school is also an academy.

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History

A school has been on this site for the past 200 years, with Richmal Mangnall opening the Crofton School for young ladies, in the Crofton Old Hall, which is now part of the school's complex. The old high school was built in 1964, after the village rapidly expanded and saw a huge housing boom, which saw the demand for a larger school. Many estates such as Manorfields, Meadowfields and Ashdene were built at this time, demanding even more schools. In August 1995, the school suffered a serious fire. It was rebuilt on the same site and reopened on 30 October 1998. [1]

In August 2011 the school became an academy with specialist status in Mathematics and Computing. [2]

In May 2017 the school dropped sharply in its Ofsted grade under new Ofsted guidelines, as it dropped from "Outstanding" to "Requires improvement" (formerly "Satisfactory" [3] ). [4] In the 2019 Ofsted report, the school had improved to a "Good" rating in the category of "Personal development" but retained the lower rating in all other categories. [5] The most recent inspection in June 2023 concluded that Crofton Academy was a 'Good' school. [6]

Collaboration with Wakefield College

In 2012, Crofton, together with Wakefield College, proposed the building of a sixth form centre. The staff was to be from Wakefield College and Crofton Academy. [7]

The sixth form remained until May 2018 when it was closed down, [8] [9] and turned into a modern foreign languages block (with the downstairs used for in school sanctions) as is shown in the schools current official map. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the School" (PDF). School website.
  2. ↑ "Inspection report: Crofton Academy, 28-29 November 2011". The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted). Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "The common inspection framework: education, skills and early years". Ofsted. August 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Inspection report: Crofton Academy, 23–24 May 2017" (PDF). The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted). 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Inspection report: Crofton Academy, 18–19 September 2019, The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), 2019, retrieved 2 December 2020
  6. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (26 September 2023). "Inspection of Crofton Academy". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wakefield: New £1m sixth form college is planned". Yorkshire Evening Post . 8 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Confusion for sixth form students". Wakefield Express . 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Crofton Academy". Government website. Retrieved 16 July 2025. Shows the current status of Crofton Academy, including the lack of sixth form.
  10. ↑ "Year six transition day map". Crofton Academy Website. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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