The Featherstone Academy

School Name: The Featherstone Academy
Address: Pontefract Road, Featherstone
Town/City: Pontefract
County: West Yorkshire
Postcode: WF7 5AJ
Telephone Number: 01977 698000
Website: www.featherstone.academy

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Academy sponsor led
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2012
Trust: Resilience Multi Academy Trust
Sponsor: Resilience Multi Academy Trust

Executive Head Teacher: Mrs Julia McCluskey
Capacity: 600
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 556 (56% boys & 44% girls)
Enrollment: 93% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 40.8%

• SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
• ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

URN: 138593
DfE Number: 384/4000
UKPRN: 10038489
UPRN: 63088949
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: Wakefield (E08000036)
Constituency: Normanton and Hemsworth (E14001383)
Electoral Ward: Featherstone (E05001449)

Easting & Northing: 443553E, 420112N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 40' 34.7" N 1° 20' 31.3" W
Plus Code: 9C5WMMG5+G5

DfE Record: View record

1. Featherstone Purston Infant School (0.9km)
2. Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School (1.2km)
3. Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School (1.2km)
4. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School (1.4km)
5. Larks Hill Junior and Infant School (1.6km)
6. Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School (1.9km)
7. The King's School (1.9km)
8. Carleton Park Junior and Infant School (2.2km)
9. New College Pontefract (2.3km)
10. Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy (2.3km)

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