Oakfield Park Special School

Oakfield Park School is a special school in Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England. It has ties with other schools in Yorkshire via Disabilities.

Students with certain disabilities may enroll in Oakfield Park on 1 or 2 days, whilst stay at their normal schools for the rest of the school week. This can go on for several months for the students to get used to being in another school.

Students who have been enrolled in school include those with Down's syndrome.

Schools in the City of Wakefield
Primary schools
  • Horbury Primary School
Secondary schools
  • Airedale Academy
  • Castleford Academy
  • Carleton Community High School
  • Cathedral Academy
  • Crofton Academy
  • Freeston Academy
  • Kettlethorpe High School
  • The King's School
  • Minsthorpe Community College
  • Ossett Academy
  • Outwood Grange Academy
  • St Thomas à Becket RC College
  • St Wilfrid's RC High School
Special schools
  • Oakfield Park Special School
Independent schools
  • Ackworth School
  • Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
  • Silcoates School
  • Wakefield Girls High School
FE & sixth form colleges
  • NEW College, Pontefract
  • Wakefield College

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