Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy City Fields averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Wakefield and 47 across England.

52% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Wakefield and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.08: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.5, against 49.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 131 families put Outwood Academy City Fields as their first choice and 257 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Outwood Academy City Fields are St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.1); Outwood Grange Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.2); Trinity Academy Cathedral (2.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.9); and Outwood Academy Freeston (2.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.6).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Outwood Academy City Fields.

Outwood Academy City Fields is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 144 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

38.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 52.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (32%), White British (28%) and Black (13%).

In 2026, 60 pupils (6.5%) received SEN support and 18 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Windhill Stores, 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Academy City Fields stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 373 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wakefield (130), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy City Fields issued 285 suspensions, 31.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy City Fields are Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill (0.2 miles), Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill (0.5 miles), Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School (0.6 miles) and St Austin's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.