The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 556 (311 boys, 245 girls)
- Capacity: 600
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 40.8%
- Telephone: 01977698000
- Ofsted: Good (7 Feb 2017); ungraded inspection 24 Mar 2022: School remains Good
- Attainment 8: 39.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 231 applications, 98 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Wakefield
- Featherstone Purston Infant School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Ark Larks Hill Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
- Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School (1.2 miles, straight line)
