Outwood Academy Freeston

State-Funded School

outwood-academy-freeston-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF6 1HZPostcode

5.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Outwood Academy Freeston is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

It currently serves 993 pupils. Outwood Academy Freeston is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 40.4%
EBacc average point score: 3.97

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

993

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

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: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 993
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
18 Jan 2023	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
29 Nov 2016	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.