School profile
Highfield School
Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, West Yorkshire, WF5 9BS
Overview
Highfield School is a special / send school (foundation special school) in Ossett, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Foundation special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- URN
- 108311
Admissions
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Academy trust or group
- Education Ossett - Community Trust
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2022/23 results
This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 0.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.02 |
| Entering the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths | 0% |
| Progress 8 scoreConfidence interval -2.16 to -1.20 | -1.68 |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 23 November 2023 · Published 29 January 2024
Outcome: School remains Good
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, West Yorkshire, WF5 9BS
- Local authority
- Wakefield
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