Yorkshire and the Humber
Primary 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.
Primary schools in Wakefield
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larks Hill Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 97% |
| Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ossett | No grade | 94% |
| Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 93% |
| Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 93% |
| Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Outstanding 2024 | 91% |
| Jerry Clay AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Outstanding 2023 | 90% |
| Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse GateAcademy converter | Wakefield | Outstanding 2023 | 90% |
| Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 89% |
| Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wakefield | No grade | 87% |
| Carleton Park Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | No grade | 87% |
| Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2020 | 87% |
| Middlestown Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | No grade | 86% |
| Rooks Nest AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 85% |
| England Lane AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Knottingley | Outstanding 2024 | 85% |
| Newton Hill Community SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 84% |
| Simpson's Lane AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | No grade | 84% |
| Normanton Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Normanton | Good 2023 | 83% |
| Outwood Primary Academy Bell LaneAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 83% |
| Northfield Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2022 | 83% |
| Outwood Primary Academy KirkhamgateAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | No grade | 81% |
| Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Pontefract | Good 2024 | 80% |
| De Lacy Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Outstanding 2024 | 80% |
| St Ignatius Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | No grade | 79% |
| St Giles C of E AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 78% |
| Horbury Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 78% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2024 | 77% |
| Grove Lea Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 77% |
| The Vale Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | No grade | 76% |
| Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 73% |
| Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 73% |
| St Michael's CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 73% |
| The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 73% |
| West End AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | No grade | 73% |
| Normanton Common Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Normanton | Good 2024 | 73% |
| Outwood Primary Academy Ledger LaneAcademy converter | Wakefield | No grade | 72% |
| Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | No grade | 71% |
| Walton Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 71% |
| Featherstone All Saints CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 71% |
| Outwood Primary Academy Newstead GreenAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 71% |
| Crofton Junior SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrsVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 69% |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 69% |
| Ackworth Mill Dam SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 68% |
| Sandal Magna Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourceVoluntary controlled school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 65% |
| Half Acres Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | No grade | 65% |
| St Botolphs CE AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | No grade | 65% |
| South Hiendley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Barnsley | Good 2022 | 65% |
| Crigglestone St James CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 64% |
| Darrington Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 64% |
| Sharlston Community SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | No grade | 64% |
| Ackton Pastures Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2023 | 64% |
| Willow Green AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Knottingley | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Outwood Primary Academy Park HillAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 63% |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 62% |
| Airedale Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Castleford | Good 2023 | 62% |
| Castleford Park Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2024 | 61% |
| Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolFoundation school | Ossett | Good 2022 | 60% |
| Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 60% |
| Ossett South Parade PrimaryCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 60% |
| Gawthorpe Community AcademyAcademy converter | Ossett | Good 2022 | 60% |
| Wrenthorpe AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | No grade | 59% |
| Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 58% |
| St Helen's CE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 58% |
| Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 57% |
| Outwood Primary Academy GreenhillAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | No grade | 57% |
| The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 56% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MoorthorpeAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 55% |
| Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Requires improvement 2024 | 53% |
| Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ossett | No grade | 53% |
| Wakefield Lawefield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 53% |
| Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 52% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School CastlefordAcademy converter | Castleford | No grade | 52% |
| Hendal Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | No grade | 51% |
| South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 51% |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 51% |
| West Bretton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | No grade | 50% |
| Fitzwilliam Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 50% |
| Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Requires improvement 2024 | 49% |
| Towngate Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Ossett | No grade | 49% |
| Cherry Tree AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2024 | 49% |
| Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 48% |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Normanton | Good 2023 | 48% |
| Ash Grove Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | PONTEFRACT | Good 2023 | 48% |
| Upton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 47% |
| Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2024 | 46% |
| Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | No grade | 45% |
| King's Meadow AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No grade | 45% |
| Oyster Park Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Castleford | No grade | 43% |
| Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 42% |
| Castleford Three Lane Ends AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2023 | 42% |
| Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2023 | 40% |
| Newlands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Normanton | No grade | 38% |
| Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion ResourceCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2024 | 35% |
| Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 35% |
| South Kirkby AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 32% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 30% |
| Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordCommunity school | Castleford | Good 2023 | 30% |
| Martin Frobisher Infant SchoolCommunity school | Normanton | Good 2022 | — |
| Dimple Well Infant School and NurseryFoundation school | Ossett | Good 2022 | — |
| Featherstone Purston Infant SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2023 | — |
| Castleford Wheldon Infant School and NurseryCommunity school | Castleford | No grade | — |
| Normanton All Saints CofE Infant SchoolVoluntary aided school | Normanton | No grade | — |
| South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | No grade | — |
| South Ossett Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Ossett | Good 2023 | — |
| Glasshoughton Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2023 | — |
| Airedale Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | No grade | — |
| Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Normanton | No grade | — |
| Crofton Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2024 | — |
| Featherstone Girnhill Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2024 | — |
| Townville AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Castleford | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Smawthorne Henry Moore AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2020 | — |
| Altofts Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Normanton | No grade | — |