Ark Carleton High School
Academy converter secondary school in Pontefract (Wakefield).
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Nearby schools
nearest first17 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary School, 0.1 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.1 mi | Primary | 330 | Good, 2023 |
| Ark Carleton Park Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 0.5 mi | Primary | 208 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| High Well SchoolCommunity special | 0.7 mi | Special | 104 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2022Last graded Good (May 2017) |
| Harewood Centre Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 0.9 mi | Nursery | 52 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2022Last graded Good (Dec 2013) |
| Ark De Lacy Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 0.9 mi | Primary | 342 | Outstanding, 2024 |
| Ark Larks Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.9 mi | Primary | 203 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Ark The King's SchoolAcademy converter | 1.0 mi | Secondary | 1,041 | Good, 2022 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Primary | 222 | Good, 2024 |
| Cherry Tree AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.2 mi | Primary | 233 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Primary | 199 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2022Last graded Good (May 2011, previous school) |
| Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.3 mi | Primary | 434 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Darrington Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.3 mi | Primary | 129 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Giles C of E AcademyAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 337 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Sep 2015) |
| New College PontefractAcademy 16-19 converter | 1.6 mi | 16 plus | - | - |
| The Featherstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.7 mi | Secondary | 556 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2022Last graded Good (Feb 2017) |
| Ark Orchard Head Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Primary | 335 | Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given |
| Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled | 2.0 mi | Primary | 229 | Good, 2024 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 20% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 9 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
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