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Oakfield Park School

Special / other · Pontefract · WF7 7DT

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 October 2019

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At a glance

176 pupils · 100% of 162 capacity

School type
Community special school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
62.9% of pupils
English as additional language
9.3% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.oakfieldpark.wakefield.sch.uk/
URN
133719

GCSE results (2024/2025)

25 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score

no pupils entered

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no pupils entered

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no pupils entered

EBacc average point score

no pupils entered

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
12%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
43.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
7.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£26,018
Typical special / other school£29,008

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
100%
Continuing in education
100%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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