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Outwood Academy City Fields

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Warmfield View, Wakefield WF1 4SF · cityfields.outwood.com · 01924 298752

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.8
average Attainment 8 score. Wakefield 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
928
88% of 1,050 places
Local authority
Wakefield
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
38.8%
First language not English
52.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 131 families put the school first and 171 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 123 (Places 172)123September 2023: 134 (Places 192)134September 2024: 127 (Places 156)127September 2025: 126 (Places 180)126September 2026: 131 (Places 171)131Places 171
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261711310.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251801260.7100%
September 2024Sept 20241561270.8100%
September 2023Sept 20231921340.7100%
September 2022Sept 20221721230.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.8, and 29.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wakefield it was 45.1, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.8 (England 46.3)43.82017/18: 40.0 (England 46.5)40.02018/19: 47.3 (England 46.7)47.32021/22: 44.6 (England 48.8)44.62022/23: 42.8 (England 46.3)42.82023/24: 38.6 (England 45.9)38.62024/25: 38.8 (England 46.0)38.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.846.0
▼29.4%45.4%
▼55.2%64.8%
●39.9%40.5%
▼3.514.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form9.7+7
Sixth form college8.3−12.2
Further education61.8+1.5
Apprenticeship1.40
Employment2.8+1.4
Not in a lasting destination8.3−1.3
Activity not captured7.6+3.5

Ofsted

Outwood Academy City Fields was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
1 Mar 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Sept 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 2 January 2023).

Recommend
64%
Replies
11
1% · 2 Jan 2023
Child is happy at school▼63% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼63% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼63% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼72% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼72% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼54% agreeEngland 79%
Told how child is doing▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲100% agreeEngland 89%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼49% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 91% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼16% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 55% who had a child bullied

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