Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry574 applications · 354 places offered · 291 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2022 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- This school
- Wakefield median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 354 | 574 | 1.6 | 291 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 354 | 623 | 1.8 | 334 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 355 | 599 | 1.7 | 353 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 352 | 574 | 1.6 | 323 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 356 | 583 | 1.6 | 380 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 356 | 625 | 1.8 | 409 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 355 | 587 | 1.7 | 376 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 357 | 644 | 1.8 | 457 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2018 | 357 | 680 | 1.9 | 444 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 | 356 | 661 | 1.9 | 429 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2016 | 355 | 606 | 1.7 | 393 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 359 | 584 | 1.6 | 395 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 | 350 | 582 | 1.7 | 370 | 1.06 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 357 | 49.2 | 57% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 342 | 47.2 | 53% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 348 | 49.4 | 59% | 79% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 359 | 49.4 | 56% | 76% | +0.06 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Outwood Grange AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.6applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · LeedsStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · WakefieldGood20221.5applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Wakefield20263.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · LeedsGood20243.2applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · LeedsOutstanding20242.1applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · LeedsRemains Good20232.6applications per place 52.3Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · WakefieldGood20233.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Wakefield20263.0applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135961 · 384/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,200 pupils · 1,900 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Outwood Grange College of Technology (URN 108277)
- Address
- Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PF
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources