Outwood Grange Academy is a modern secondary school and Sixth Form with academy status in Outwood, near Wakefield, England. It has a mixed intake of both boys and girls aged 11–18, and with in excess of 2400 pupils is one of the largest schools in England. The college, established in 1971, was formerly known as Outwood Grange School prior to changing its identity in 2002. The current headteacher is Michael Wilkins.
In 2003 the school was achieving a GCSE pass rate with around 46% of pupils achieving five A to C grades. By 2005 that result had risen to 83%, an increase underpinned by the quality of an updated curriculum and new intervention schemes used to aid underperforming students.
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