Highfield School
Other · Foundation special school · Ages 11–19 · Ossett, Wakefield
Highfield School is an other school in Ossett, Wakefield for ages 11–19 (foundation special school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2023.
Key facts
- Address
- Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Phase
- Other
- Ages
- 11–19
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Wakefield
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2023
Strengths
- “Highfield School prepares pupils with a wide range of special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) effectively for adulthood.”
- “It meets their social, behavioural and academic needs well.”
- “By the time pupils and students leave school, the school puts plans in place to help them to thrive in the future.”
To improve
- “Although the development of skills is addressed well across the curriculum, the precise subject knowledge that teachers want pupils to learn is not clearly identified.”
- “On occasion, this lack of precision creates gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby other schools
Straight-line distance, in Wakefield.
- Silcoates School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hall Cliffe Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Pinderfields Hospital PRU 2.5 mi School remains Good
- Evolve Academy 2.6 mi Good
- Hall Cliffe School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Meadowcroft School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ivy Lane School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade