Secondary
Highfield School
Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 210 of 210 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- Education Ossett - Community Trust
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
0%
-1.68
Well below average progress
0.2
All published measures2022/2023
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 0.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.02 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Progress 8 | -1.68 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wakefield admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rebecca Thompson
- Address
- Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS
- Telephone
- 01924264240