High Well School

State-Funded School

high-well-school-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Pontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyConstituency

WF8 2DDPostcode

0.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

High Well School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 9–16, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 104 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 1.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.16

Ethnicity

White

92%

Black

<1%

Mixed

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

104

Total Pupils

90%Boys

10%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

80%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 9 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 104
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 23 September 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
1 Jun 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.