Carleton High School

About Carleton High School

Carleton High School sits comfortably above the Wakefield local authority average for Progress 8, with a score of 0.12 compared to the LA average of 0. This means pupils here make more academic progress from their starting points than the typical student across the borough. The school ranks 7th out of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield, placing it in the top 40% locally and in a similar percentile nationally. That’s a solid, above-average performance for a state secondary that serves a community where nearly 30% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. The school’s Attainment 8 score of 47.4 is respectable, and nearly 70% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, with just under half hitting the stronger grade 5 benchmark. Carleton also has a strong EBacc entry rate of 68.3%, well above the national average, though the proportion of pupils actually achieving the EBacc at grade 5 or above is lower at 27.6%.

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