Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ossett, WF5 0DG
- Distance
- 2.2km away
Horbury Academy
Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE
Local ranking5th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1059
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 January 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 225
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1075
- Boys
- 527 (49%)
- Girls
- 543 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1059 (101% full)
- SEND
- 21.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.3%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,429/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.8%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
86.8%
White British
3.4%
White Other
1.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wakefield Road
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138707
- UKPRN
- 10038586
- Establishment No.
- 4028
- Trust
- PLACE PARTNERSHIP - A MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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