Academy sponsor led · Primary
Pontefract · WF8 2TG · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 131526
High Well School
Community special school · Pontefract · WF8 2DD
Age range
Ages 9–16
Pupils
104
Local authority
Wakefield
Age range
Ages 9–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 9–16, in Pontefract, Wakefield, 104 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 79.8%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health….
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 3–11
Status: Open
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Pontefract · WF8 2HN · Wakefield
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Ages 3–11
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 9–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 131526
Location
- Address
- Rookhill Road
- Postcode
- WF8 2DD
- Town
- Pontefract
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- Boys / girls
- 94 / 10
- School capacity
- 110
- Capacity fill
- 104 / 110 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 79.8%
- FSM pupils
- 83
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 109 on roll / 110 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Richardson
- Telephone
- 01924572100
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-11-22
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 2.9
- Progress 8
- -1.8
- English & maths grade 5+
- 0%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 0%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.3
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 89.0