Overall Oxbridge
#359
1 ranked schools · +555 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
31
Offers
4
Offer rate12.9%
-9.5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Perched on a magnesium limestone outcrop that gave one of England's most contested medieval castle sites its defensive advantage, Pontefract holds the eastern edge of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, a historic market town with a population of around 31,000. The castle ruins still stand.
Three railway stations link the town to the wider network, with Northern Rail services reaching Leeds in around thirty minutes. Carleton is among the most sought-after pockets for primary school catchments in this part of the district, with Larks Hill and Featherstone drawing families competing for local school places. Mill Hill and Halfpenny Lane stretch across the quieter residential approaches, and the town's centuries-long association with liquorice cultivation remains one of its most distinctive threads of local character.
Area Performance
Across 45 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.34/10, -0.06 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Pontefract schools
Pontefract vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Pontefract schools
top 53% of 14,978
top 53% of 14,978
top 64% of 3,862
top 64% of 3,862
top 71% of 2,555
top 71% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +555 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
31
Offers
4
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
11
Offers
0
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +546 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
20
Offers
4
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