St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 263 families put St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 586 named it as one of their preferences, for 272 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.
Demand has been fairly steady: 242 first choices in 2021, against 263 in 2026.
Across Wakefield, 91% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Wakefield lodged 123 appeals against secondary school offers; 104 reached a hearing and 30 succeeded (28.8% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 272 | 263 | 586 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 270 | 256 | 590 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 264 | 259 | 555 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 270 | 289 | 460 | 1.1 | 26 |
| 2022 | 247 | 230 | 422 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 248 | 242 | 430 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 271 | 257 | 468 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 276 | 272 | 456 | 1.0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 274 | 287 | 530 | 1.0 | 22 |
| 2017 | 262 | 246 | 464 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 277 | 308 | 517 | 1.1 | 47 |
| 2015 | 269 | 286 | 492 | 1.1 | 23 |
| 2014 | 230 | 273 | 459 | 1.2 | 43 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.