Yorkshire and the Humber
Independent schools in Wakefield
154 schools, 56,610 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.4.
Ofsted across Wakefield
Good73
Requires improvement8
Outstanding8
No overall grade65
89 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 65 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Wakefield
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackworth SchoolOther independent school | West Yorkshire | No grade | — |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar SchoolOther independent school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Silcoates SchoolOther independent school | West Yorkshire | No grade | — |
| Wakefield Girls' High SchoolOther independent school | Wakefield | No grade | — |
| Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Wakefield | No grade | — |