New College Pontefract
Academy · Year 12–Year 13
Ark The King's School
Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract WF8 4JF
Year groups
Year 7–Year 11
Secondary
Pupils
1,041
On roll
Ages
11–16
Capacity 1,050
Local authority
Wakefield
Ark Schools
Schola Grade 7
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Ark The King's School
Ark The King's School is a secondary academy in Pontefract, Wakefield, for pupils aged 11–16 (Year 7–Year 11). It is part of Ark Schools.
It has 1,041 pupils on roll and room for 1,050. Its Schola Grade is 7 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 11
- Ages
- 11–16
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Pupils on roll
- 1,041
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils
- Free school meals
- 26.10% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Ark Schools
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 139500
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