Highfield School
Almost all Year 11 leavers stay in education (England 86%); as a special school, its figures are not comparable with mainstream schools.
of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Wakefield 82% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023
- Ofsted
- Standards kept
- Places
- —
- Pupils
- 210
- Free school meals
- 55.1%
Ofsted: Short inspection, 23 November 2023: the last full grade still stands · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Wakefield’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 210 places, including the sixth form. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.
Where do pupils go at 16?
DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 33 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023
Of the 33 pupils who finished Year 11 at Highfield School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Highfield School’s own sixth form (Wakefield average 12%), 18% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.
Full breakdown11
| Measure | Highfield School | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 33 | 3,844 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 97% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 79% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where do sixth-formers go at 18?
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
How do GCSE results compare?
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Wakefield, not by distance.
- Any timeAsk Wakefield’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Compare with nearby schools
More Wakefield schools3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.