SCHOOL PROFILE

Outwood Academy Freeston: data, trends and context

Outwood Academy Freeston is a secondary school in Wakefield. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
145937
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Wakefield
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
WF6 1HZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
993
FSM eligible
31.2%
EAL / First language other than English
7.3%
SEND (total)
17.6%
SEN Support
14.0%
EHCP
3.6%
White British
88.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.3%
Overall absence
10.7%
Persistent absence
31.3%
Severe absence
7.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
WakefieldLocal authority90.3%9.7%4.7%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
49.8%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.20%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
44.6
English & maths grade 5+
40.4%
English & maths grade 4+
66.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Outwood Academy Freeston is a secondary school in Wakefield. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.