Outwood Academy City Fields

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wakefield
Unique reference
136394
Address
Warmfield View, WF1 4SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
900 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
46.2%
Girls
53.8%
First language not English
52.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.6%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.4%
Pakistani 25.6%
African 11.8%
Other White 9.6%
Mixed 7.6%
Other Asian 5.6%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other 3.1%
Indian 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.6
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.49
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE6
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE138
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Outwood Academy City Fields

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
126
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
126
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
88
112
Year 8
200
103
97
Year 9
183
87
96
Year 10
171
70
101
Year 11
146
68
78
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
81.8%
85.5%
Further education
55.0%
41.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
21.0%
28.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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