Outwood Grange Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Potovens Lane
Outwood
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2PF
Phone 01924204350
Reference Number 135961

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1974
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.71%
Girls: 49.29%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 11%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 182 172 354
8 188 170 358
9 172 180 352
10 191 162 353
11 169 181 350
12 46 53 99
13 53 55 108

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 79.1%
Pakistani 5.1%
White, Other 2.6%
White & Asian 2.1%
Indian 1.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 1.8%
Chinese 1.2%
Asian, Other 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-10
Date Description Report
2024-05-01 School inspection: School inspection:
2012-02-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-01-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
49.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 58.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 71.8% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 31.66 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 34.22 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 15.6% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 143 20
Third Preference 72 1
From another Local Authority 38 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane
Ledger Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2PH
0.35 miles
Wrenthorpe Academy
Imperial Avenue, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0LW
0.58 miles
Rooks Nest Academy
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0.62 miles
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0.76 miles
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0.92 miles
Hall Cliffe Primary School
7 Wrenthorpe Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0QB
0.97 miles
Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate
Canal Lane, Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 3HU
1.06 miles
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
Belgravia Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3JP
1.25 miles
Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs
St Paul's Drive, Alverthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0BT
1.41 miles
Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School
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1.44 miles
East Ardsley Primary Academy
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1.54 miles
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy
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1.54 miles
Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
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1.55 miles
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School
Flanshaw Road, Flanshaw, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0AS
1.61 miles
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
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1.61 miles
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1.64 miles
St Austin's Catholic Primary School
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1.66 miles
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1.87 miles
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1.87 miles
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1.94 miles
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3.37 miles
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3.48 miles
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3.53 miles
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