Outwood Grange Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Wakefield·WF1 2PF
Composite score
59.0
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#1,318
National rank
#114
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#7
In Wakefield
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
53%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
4.10

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
291 first choices, 354 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
574
any preference, for 354 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720220.9220230.9920240.9420250.822026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Outwood Grange Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,932
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
11.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,575
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
359 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Outwood Grange Academy is a secondary school serving Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,932 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Outwood Grange Academy 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of secondary schools nationally.

53% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Outwood Grange Academy their first choice was offered one of its 354 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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