Yorkshire and the Humber
Special schools in Wakefield
154 schools, 56,610 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.4.
Ofsted across Wakefield
Good73
Requires improvement8
Outstanding8
No overall grade65
89 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 65 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Wakefield
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance Alternative ProvisionOther independent special school | Knottingley | No grade | — |
| Denby Grange SchoolOther independent special school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Hall Cliffe Primary SchoolOther independent special school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Hall Cliffe SchoolOther independent special school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Hammer Lane AcademyOther independent special school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| High Well SchoolCommunity special school | Pontefract | Good 2022 | — |
| Highfield SchoolFoundation special school | Ossett | Good 2023 | — |
| Ivy Lane SchoolOther independent special school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Kingsland Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Wakefield | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Meadowcroft SchoolOther independent special school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Oakfield Park SchoolCommunity special school | Pontefract | No grade | — |
| The Grange SchoolOther independent special school | Castleford | No grade | — |