# Highfield School

Highfield School is a special school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 210 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E108311. [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Foundation special school
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 210
- Council: Wakefield
- URN: 108311

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, November 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 23 November 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Gawthorpe Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gawthorpe-community-academy-e137643): 660 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Orchard Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/orchard-primary-academy-e142003): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2022. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shaw-cross-infant-and-nursery-school-e107608): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ossett-holy-trinity-cofe-va-primary-school-e108260): 1.7 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ossett-flushdyke-junior-and-infant-school-e108152): 1.9 km. Primary. School remains Good, October 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bywell-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-junior-school-e107706): 1.9 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/108311)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/108311)

## How to cite

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