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Wellfield School

Secondary · Wingate · TS28 5AX

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At a glance

862 pupils · 85% of 1,011 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
44.2% of pupils
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils
SEN support
16.2% of pupils
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils
Website
www.wellfieldschool.net
URN
149739

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

163 places offered · 152 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

164 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
47.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
67.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.8%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.8
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,823
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
84%
Continuing in education
75%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

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