Minsthorpe Community College

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ

Principal · Mr Mark Gilmore

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,609Capacity 1,755

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 8 November 2023

TrustMinsthorpe Academy Trust

Free school meals34.1%

SEN provisionResourced provision

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 8 November 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Wakefield council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 269 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered279

Applications312

First choice269

First-choice offers269

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).