Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 15 November 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry452 applications · 292 places offered · 236 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2022 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2020 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.6
- 2018 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.7
- 2015 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 292 | 452 | 1.6 | 236 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2025 | 293 | 486 | 1.7 | 241 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2024 | 306 | 513 | 1.7 | 273 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 299 | 489 | 1.6 | 269 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 299 | 504 | 1.7 | 291 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 307 | 519 | 1.7 | 307 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 282 | 494 | 1.8 | 285 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 | 308 | 509 | 1.7 | 290 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 309 | 512 | 1.7 | 294 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 295 | 489 | 1.7 | 282 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 297 | 539 | 1.8 | 309 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 | 272 | 597 | 2.2 | 319 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 | 265 | 485 | 1.8 | 301 | 1.14 |
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.) | 300 | 49.8 | 51% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 295 | 51.0 | 55% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 291 | 52.1 | 58% | 80% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 298 | 50.1 | 56% | 75% | +0.08 |
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
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Wakefield20263.0applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · KirkleesGood20231.4applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · KirkleesGood20222.1applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Wakefield20263.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 34.9Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Kirklees20261.8applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · Wakefield20261.7applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · WakefieldGood20241.6applications per place 49.2Attainment 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
- 136462 · 384/4023
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,000 pupils · 1,699 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Ossett School (URN 108276)
- Address
- Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources