Ark The King's School
Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,041 (542 boys, 499 girls)
- Capacity: 1050
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 26.1%
- Telephone: 01977601701
- Ofsted: Good (12 Oct 2022)
- Attainment 8: 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 487 applications, 207 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
- Ark Larks Hill Primary School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- Ark Carleton Park Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Giles C of E Academy (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Ark Carleton High School (0.9 miles, straight line)
