Outwood Academy Hemsworth is a secondary school located in Pontefract. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 11/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 12.5%, which is 8.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Wakefield Road, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Wakefield Road, Pontefract, WF9 4AB
Website: www.hemsworth.outwood.com
Telephone: 01977624220
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Toby Rutter
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 145938

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 11/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1632
Number of Pupils: 994
Number of Boys: 522
Number of Girls: 472

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 12.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 37% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.45 Confidence interval -0.63 to -0.28
Of the 217 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 214 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:37%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:38.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.25
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
West End Academy
Regent Street , Hemsworth WF9 4QJ 		3out of 4 659 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Grove Lea Primary School
Hemsworth Grove Lea Primary, Grove Terrace , Hemsworth WF9 4BQ 		- not rated 666 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Highfield Road , Hemsworth WF9 4LJ 		2out of 4 778 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Helen's CE Primary School
Highfield Road , Hemsworth WF9 4EG 		2out of 4 1,292 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
King's Meadow Academy
Wakefield Road , Fitzwilliam WF9 5BP 		3out of 4 2,386 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Wakefield Road , WF9 4AB 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Compass Community School Hemsworth
58 Highfield Road , Hemsworth WF9 4EA 		- not rated 920 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Oakfield Park School
Barnsley Road , Ackworth WF7 7DT 		4out of 4 2,712 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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