Academy converter · Wakefield

Outwood Academy City Fields

11–16Ages
928Pupils
SecondaryPhase
136394URN

Warmfield View, Wakefield, WF1 4SF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to Wakefield median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wakefield

257 applications for 171 places · 13th of 18 in Wakefield

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

44.5of 90

Wakefield 46.1 England 46.0

14th of 18 in Wakefield

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 1 March 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.5applications per place, Year 7

close to Wakefield median (1.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

257 applications · 171 places offered · 131 named it first

2026 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.6
2025 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
2024 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.7
2023 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.6
2022 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.6
2021 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.6
2020 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.7
2019 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.6
2018 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.7
2017 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
2016 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.7
2015 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.8
2014 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.7

More applications per place than the Wakefield median in 0 of 13 years.

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	171	257	1.5	131	0.77
Sep 2025	180	316	1.8	126	0.70
Sep 2024	156	244	1.6	127	0.81
Sep 2023	192	243	1.3	134	0.70
Sep 2022	172	216	1.3	123	0.72
Sep 2021	147	199	1.4	101	0.69
Sep 2020	141	196	1.4	124	0.88
Sep 2019	147	190	1.3	107	0.73
Sep 2018	130	195	1.5	104	0.80
Sep 2017	131	218	1.7	128	0.98
Sep 2016	105	154	1.5	92	0.88
Sep 2015	106	164	1.6	96	0.91
Sep 2014	120	185	1.5	117	0.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

169 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.514th of 18 in Wakefield

Wakefield 46.1 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths52%6th of 18 in Wakefield

Wakefield 48% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%

Wakefield 66% England 66%

This school
Wakefield median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.08

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	169	44.5	52%	66%	–
2024/25	143	38.8	29%	55%	–
2023/24	144	38.6	32%	51%	+0.08
2022/23	141	42.8	39%	57%	+0.20

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 Academy City FieldsThis school
This school

Good2022

1.5applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
3.1 km · Wakefield

Good2023

3.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Outwood Grange Academy
3.3 km · Wakefield

Good2024

1.6applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
Trinity Academy Cathedral
3.4 km · Wakefield

2026

3.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
Outwood Academy Freeston
4.3 km · Wakefield

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
Crofton Academy
4.7 km · Wakefield

Good2023

2.0applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
Kettlethorpe High School
4.9 km · Wakefield

2026

1.7applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
Rodillian Academy
5.0 km · Leeds

Standards maintained2025

3.0applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
Oulton Academy
5.5 km · Leeds

Outstanding2024

2.1applications per place 48.4Attainment 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 converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136394 · 384/4009
Trust: Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,050 pupils · 928 on roll
Free school meals: 38.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2011
Replaced: Wakefield City High School - A Specialist Maths and Computing College (URN 108272)
Address: Warmfield View, Wakefield, WF1 4SF
Local authority: Wakefield

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources