Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Nicola Walker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,000
- Pupils on roll
- 1,699
- URN
- 136462
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01924232820
About this school
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College is a secondary academy in Ossett. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,699 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 298 | 291 | 295 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.1 | 52.1 | 51.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.08 -0.08 to +0.25 | +0.24 +0.07 to +0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 58.4% | 55.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 80.1% | 72.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 23% | 27.5% | 7.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
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 Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College 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 | 50.1 | 38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.1 | 39.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,739 |
| 2023/24 | 1,735 |
| 2024/25 | 1,728 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College compares
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College ranked 1st of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% 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 | 51 | 9.1% | 20.4% | 1,699 | — |
| Horbury Academy | 48.7 | 10.1% | 26.3% | 1,070 | 1.4 miles |
| Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy | 43.6 | 9% | 33.6% | 902 | 1.8 miles |
| Manor Croft Academy | 47.8 | 10.9% | 38.7% | 1,032 | 2.3 miles |
| Trinity Academy Cathedral | 48.7 | 8% | 41.5% | 1,028 | 2.5 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy | 34.8 | 12% | 43.5% | 992 | 3.2 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 February 2026
- 15 November 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.39%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.11%
- Persistent absence
- 26.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Horbury Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Dewsbury
-
Manor Croft Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Dewsbury
-
Trinity Academy Cathedral2.5 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy3.2 miles
Secondary · Dewsbury
Other schools in Ossett
- Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Gawthorpe Community Academy Primary
- Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School Primary
- Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- South Ossett Infant Academy Primary
- Towngate Primary Academy Primary
- Highfield School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College teach?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Ossett.
- Who is the principal of Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College?
- The principal of Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College is Mrs Nicola Walker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College, 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 Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College has 1,699 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College full?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College has capacity for 2,000 pupils and 1,699 on roll (85%), 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 Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College a faith school?
- No. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College has no designated religious character.
- Is Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College a selective school?
- No. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College is part of ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.1 in 2022/23 and 51 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College rank locally?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College ranked 1st of 18 secondary schools in Wakefield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% 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 Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College's absence rate?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College'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.