Outwood Academy City Fields

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 2 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
855 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
47.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.3%
Persistent absence
25.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.3%
Pakistani 27.4%
Other White 11.3%
African 9.4%
Mixed 8.1%
Other Asian 4.8%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other 3.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1.1%
Indian 1.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.05
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award32
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE140
English LiteratureGCSE139
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy City Fields

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
53
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
102
98
Year 8
186
87
99
Year 9
175
77
98
Year 10
144
68
76
Year 11
150
70
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
36.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
13.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
28.0%
31.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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