Highfield School
Foundation special school · Mixed · Wakefield
Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
89.8%
29.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
210
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
210 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rebecca Thompson
- Address
- Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS
- Phone
- 01924264240
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Ward / constituency
- Ossett · Ossett and Denby Dale
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108311
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 55% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: Education Ossett - Community Trust
210 pupils · 210 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
23 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 161 pupils
Attendance
89.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
10.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 24 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.