Highfield School
Special schoolHighfield School is a special school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 210 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, November 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 23 November 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 66.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 30 | – | – |
- Highfield School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Gawthorpe Community AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Orchard Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met1.6 km
- Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
- Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wakefield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).