Oakfield Park School
Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Cryer
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 162
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- URN
- 133719
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01977613423
About this school
Oakfield Park School is a community special school in Pontefract. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 176 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 26 | 25 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oakfield Park School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 163 |
| 2023/24 | 162 |
| 2024/25 | 162 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report5 March 2025
- 8 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.56%
- English as an additional language
- 9.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.4%
- Persistent absence
- 38.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ackworth School0.8 miles
Independent schools · West Yorkshire
-
High Well School3.9 miles
Special schools · Pontefract
-
Hammer Lane Academy3.9 miles
Special schools · Wakefield
-
Enrich Academy4.3 miles
Academies · Wakefield
-
The Robert Ogden School5.9 miles
Special schools · Barnsley
Other schools in Pontefract
- High Well School Special schools
- Harewood Centre Nursery School Nursery
- Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary
- Ackworth Mill Dam School Primary
- Ash Grove Primary Academy Primary
- Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary
- Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Primary
- Cherry Tree Academy Primary
- Darrington Church of England Primary School Primary
- De Lacy Primary School Primary
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Primary
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oakfield Park School teach?
- Oakfield Park School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Pontefract.
- Who is the headteacher of Oakfield Park School?
- The headteacher of Oakfield Park School is Mrs Nicola Cryer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oakfield Park School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oakfield Park School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Oakfield Park School?
- Oakfield Park School has 176 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Oakfield Park School full?
- Oakfield Park School has capacity for 162 pupils and 176 on roll (109%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oakfield Park School a faith school?
- No. Oakfield Park School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Oakfield Park School have?
- The schools register lists Oakfield Park School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Oakfield Park School's absence rate?
- Oakfield Park School's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oakfield Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakfield Park School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.