Wakefield Girls' High School
Wentworth Street, Wakefield, WF1 2QS
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 7 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Judith Tingle
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 589
- URN
- 108305
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01924372490
About this school
Wakefield Girls' High School is a girls' independent school in Wakefield. It teaches children aged 7 to 18 and has 589 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Wakefield Girls' High School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Wakefield Girls' High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1980, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 104 | 95 | 108 |
| Attainment 8 score | 67.7 | 64.7 | 61.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 81% | 78.9% | 63.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 95% | 94.7% | 88% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 67% | 60% | 39.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wakefield Girls' High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wakefield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67.7 | 38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 64.7 | 39.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 61.7 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 777 |
| 2023/24 | 734 |
| 2024/25 | 675 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 100
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School0.1 miles
Independent schools · Wakefield
-
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School0.1 miles
Independent schools · Wakefield
-
Ivy Lane School0.9 miles
Special schools
-
Meadowcroft School0.9 miles
Special schools · Wakefield
-
Pinderfields Hospital PRU1.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Wakefield
Other schools in Wakefield
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Independent schools
- Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School Independent schools
- Crigglestone Nursery School Nursery
- The Castle Nursery School Nursery
- Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Primary
- Blackgates Primary Academy Primary
- Carlton Primary School Primary
- Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School Primary
- Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Primary
- Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Crofton Infant School Primary
- Crofton Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wakefield Girls' High School teach?
- Wakefield Girls' High School teaches children aged 7 to 18. It is an independent school in Wakefield.
- Who is the headteacher of Wakefield Girls' High School?
- The headteacher of Wakefield Girls' High School is Mrs Judith Tingle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wakefield Girls' High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wakefield Girls' High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Wakefield Girls' High School?
- Wakefield Girls' High School has 589 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 18.
- Is Wakefield Girls' High School full?
- Wakefield Girls' High School has capacity for 900 pupils and 589 on roll (65%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wakefield Girls' High School a faith school?
- No. Wakefield Girls' High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Wakefield Girls' High School a selective school?
- Yes. Wakefield Girls' High School is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- How have Wakefield Girls' High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 67.7 in 2022/23 and 61.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Wakefield Girls' High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wakefield Girls' High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.