Outwood Grange Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Wakefield · WF1 2PF · Wakefield
Ages 11–18
- Att849.4
- P8-0.1
- EM5+59%
- Absence8.3%
1.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 138336
Rodillian Academy
Academy converter · Wakefield · WF3 3PS
Ages 11–18 · 1,615 pupils · Leeds
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Attainment 8
48.0
Overall absence
7.5%
Admissions demand
1.27 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-03-04
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.24
−20+2
Attainment 848.0
English & maths grade 5+54%
English & maths grade 4+73%
EBacc entry81%
EBacc APS: 4.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.0%
Unauthorised5.4%
- Authorised absence
- 2.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,551
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.27 · Competitive
1st preferences
377
Places offered
298
1st-preference offers
297
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 833
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 298
- Applications from outside LA
- 122
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 42
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill95%
1,615 pupils · 1,700 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,615
- Boys / girls
- 827 / 788
- School capacity
- 1,700
- Capacity fill
- 1,615 / 1,700 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- FSM pupils
- 294
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: RESILIENCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- RESILIENCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Resilience Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Joe Birkbeck
Location
- Address
- Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse
- Postcode
- WF3 3PS
- Town
- Wakefield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Leeds
- District
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Wakefield, Leeds, 1,615 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Oulton Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Leeds · LS26 8EX · Leeds
Ages 11–16
- Att846.9
- P80.4
- EM5+45%
- Absence11.8%
1.7 miles away
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Leeds · LS10 4AX · Leeds
Ages 11–16
- Absence9.9%
- FSM47.6%
- Demand1.03
1.7 miles away
Cockburn John Charles Academy
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Leeds · LS10 2JU · Leeds
Ages 11–16
- Att841.6
- P80.5
- EM5+28%
- Absence9.6%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Joe Birkbeck
- Telephone
- 01924872252