Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Outwood Academy City Fields

Warmfield View, Wakefield WF1 4SF

https://www.cityfields.outwood.com/

Outwood Academy City Fields is a non-selective academy. It has about 800 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In March 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of Outwood Grange Academies Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Outwood Grange Academy, Outwood Academy Freeston, Outwood Academy Carlton, Outwood Academy Hemsworth and Outwood Academy Shafton.)

Particular strengths include Progress, Finances and Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Destinations, Representation, Attendance and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
1.9		St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
2.0		Outwood Grange Academy
2.1		Trinity Academy Cathedral
2.6		Outwood Academy Freeston
2.9		Crofton Academy
3.0		Rodillian Academy
3.1		Kettlethorpe High School
3.4		Oulton Academy
3.5		Horbury Academy
4.5		Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
4.7		St Wilfrid's Catholic High School and Sixth Form College
4.8		Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy

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Progress: Excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate is quite high and the offer rate is very high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: About average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is very high.

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is above average. Destinations at 16 are poor. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Attainment: Below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Destinations: Poor. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very low.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

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