Highfield School

State-Funded School

highfield-school-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Ossett and Denby DaleConstituency

WF5 9BSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Highfield School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 210 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

210

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 210
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less 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 November 2023. 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
18 Jun 2018	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.