High Well School is a school located in Pontefract. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 35.2%, which is 31.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Rook Hill Road, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Rook Hill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DD
Website: www.highwellschool.org.uk
Telephone: 01924572100
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Louise Quinn
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 131526

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 04/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 10 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 85
Number of Pupils: 61
Number of Boys: 53
Number of Girls: 8

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 35.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 63.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -2.19 Confidence interval -3.03 to -1.35
Of the 9 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 9 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:46%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:0%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:2.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:0.18
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harewood Centre Nursery School
Harewood Avenue , WF8 2ER 		3out of 4 2,866 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Halfpenny Lane , WF8 4BW 		3out of 4 853 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Gordon Street , Featherstone WF7 6LW 		3out of 4 1,008 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School
Larks Hill , WF8 4RJ 		3out of 4 1,308 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Newgate , WF8 4AA 		4out of 4 1,511 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
North Close , North Featherstone WF7 6BQ 		3out of 4 1,779 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The King's School
Mill Hill Lane , WF8 4JF 		3out of 4 1,363 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road , WF7 5AJ 		3out of 4 1,390 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road , Featherstone WF7 6BD 		3out of 4 2,099 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Carleton High School
Green Lane , Carleton WF8 3NW 		3out of 4 2,781 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Pontefract
Park Lane , WF8 4QR 		- not rated 1,167 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
High Well School
Rook Hill Road , WF8 2DD 		3out of 4 0 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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