Outwood Academy City Fields
Warmfield View, Wakefield, WF1 4SF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Michelle Colledge-Smith
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 928
- URN
- 136394
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01924298752
About this school
Outwood Academy City Fields is a secondary academy in Wakefield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 928 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 141 | 144 | 143 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.8 | 38.6 | 38.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.20 -0.05 to +0.44 | +0.08 -0.16 to +0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 31.9% | 29.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 50.7% | 55.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 53% | 43.1% | 39.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
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 Outwood Academy City Fields has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wakefield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.8 | 38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.6 | 39.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.8 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 799 |
| 2023/24 | 855 |
| 2024/25 | 900 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Outwood Academy City Fields compares
Outwood Academy City Fields ranked 17th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.8 | 9.2% | 38.8% | 928 | — |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy | 46.3 | 8.5% | 26.7% | 762 | 1.9 miles |
| Outwood Grange Academy | 47.2 | 8.4% | 18.6% | 1,900 | 2.0 miles |
| Trinity Academy Cathedral | 48.7 | 8% | 41.5% | 1,028 | 2.1 miles |
| Outwood Academy Freeston | 44.6 | 10.7% | 29.6% | 993 | 2.6 miles |
| Crofton Academy | 46.5 | 10.2% | 32% | 1,045 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.78%
- English as an additional language
- 52.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.16%
- Persistent absence
- 28.18%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
Outwood Grange Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
Trinity Academy Cathedral2.1 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
Outwood Academy Freeston2.6 miles
Secondary · Normanton
-
Crofton Academy2.9 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
Other schools in Wakefield
Outwood Academy City Fields ranks 9th of the 9 ranked secondary schools in Wakefield.
- Crofton Academy Secondary
- Horbury Academy Secondary
- Kettlethorpe High School Secondary
- Outwood Grange Academy Secondary
- Rodillian Academy Secondary
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Trinity Academy Cathedral Secondary
- Woodkirk Academy Secondary
- Crigglestone Nursery School Nursery
- The Castle Nursery School Nursery
- Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Primary
- Blackgates Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Outwood Academy City Fields teach?
- Outwood Academy City Fields teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wakefield.
- Who is the headteacher of Outwood Academy City Fields?
- The headteacher of Outwood Academy City Fields is Miss Michelle Colledge-Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Outwood Academy City Fields last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Outwood Academy City Fields, 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 Outwood Academy City Fields?
- Outwood Academy City Fields has 928 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Outwood Academy City Fields full?
- Outwood Academy City Fields has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 928 on roll (88%), so it has space against 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 Outwood Academy City Fields a faith school?
- No. Outwood Academy City Fields has no designated religious character.
- Is Outwood Academy City Fields a selective school?
- No. Outwood Academy City Fields is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Outwood Academy City Fields?
- Outwood Academy City Fields is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Outwood Academy City Fields's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.8 in 2022/23 and 38.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Outwood Academy City Fields rank locally?
- Outwood Academy City Fields ranked 17th of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Outwood Academy City Fields's absence rate?
- Outwood Academy City Fields's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Outwood Academy City Fields's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Outwood Academy City Fields'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.