Yorkshire and the Humber
Primary schools in Wakefield
113 primary schools in Wakefield.
Ofsted among primary schools in Wakefield
Good61
Requires improvement6
Outstanding5
No overall grade41
72 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 41 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 72
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 41
- Average days since inspection
- 975
- Framework mix
- 72 historic, 41 current, 0 none
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.
113 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton Park Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | No overall grade | 97% | |
| Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolFoundation school | Ossett | Good 2022 | 93% | |
| Larks Hill Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 93% | |
| Rooks Nest AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 91% | |
| Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 90% | |
| Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 86% | |
| The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 85% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy Bell LaneAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 84% | |
| Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ossett | No overall grade | 82% | |
| West End AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | No overall grade | 81% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse GateAcademy converter | Wakefield | Outstanding 2023 | 81% | |
| De Lacy Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Outstanding 2024 | 79% | |
| Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrsVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 78% | |
| The Vale Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | No overall grade | 77% | |
| Willow Green AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Knottingley | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Simpson's Lane AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | No overall grade | 77% | |
| Jerry Clay AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Outstanding 2023 | 76% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy KirkhamgateAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | No overall grade | 76% | |
| St Giles C of E AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 76% | |
| Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wakefield | Report card 2026 | 74% | |
| South Hiendley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Barnsley | Good 2022 | 74% | |
| Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ossett | No overall grade | 72% | |
| Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Pontefract | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| St Michael's CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| Normanton Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Normanton | Good 2023 | 72% | |
| Featherstone All Saints CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 72% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy GreenhillAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | No overall grade | 72% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy Ledger LaneAcademy converter | Wakefield | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Walton Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 71% | |
| Middlestown Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Report card 2025 | 71% | |
| Newton Hill Community SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 70% | |
| Castleford Park Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2024 | 70% | |
| Towngate Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Ossett | No overall grade | 70% | |
| Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Outstanding 2024 | 69% | |
| Grove Lea Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 69% | |
| Normanton Common Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Normanton | Good 2024 | 68% | |
| Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 67% | |
| Horbury Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 67% | |
| St Botolphs CE AcademyAcademy converter | Knottingley | No overall grade | 67% | |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 66% | |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 65% | |
| Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 64% | |
| Wrenthorpe AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | No overall grade | 64% | |
| Ash Grove Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | PONTEFRACT | Good 2023 | 64% | |
| Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 63% | |
| Crofton Junior SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 62% | |
| Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 60% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School CastlefordAcademy converter | Castleford | No overall grade | 60% | |
| Sandal Magna Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 60% | |
| Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 60% | |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 60% | |
| Ossett South Parade PrimaryCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 58% | |
| Ackton Pastures Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2023 | 58% | |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Normanton | Good 2023 | 57% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MoorthorpeAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 57% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy Park HillAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 57% | |
| Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourceVoluntary controlled school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 56% | |
| Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 56% | |
| Ackworth Mill Dam SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Report card 2026 | 56% | |
| Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2020 | 56% | |
| Darrington Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 54% | |
| West Bretton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Report card 2025 | 53% | |
| Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 52% | |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 52% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2024 | 52% | |
| Oyster Park Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Castleford | Report card 2026 | 52% | |
| Crigglestone St James CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 51% | |
| Sharlston Community SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | No overall grade | 51% | |
| Wakefield Lawefield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2024 | 50% | |
| Castleford Three Lane Ends AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2023 | 50% | |
| Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordCommunity school | Castleford | Good 2023 | 50% | |
| Outwood Primary Academy Newstead GreenAcademy sponsor led | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 50% | |
| Hendal Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | No overall grade | 49% | |
| Half Acres Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | No overall grade | 48% | |
| Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 47% | |
| The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Good 2022 | 47% | |
| Gawthorpe Community AcademyAcademy converter | Ossett | Good 2022 | 47% | |
| Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | No overall grade | 45% | |
| St Ignatius Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | No overall grade | 45% | |
| Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 44% | |
| Upton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 44% | |
| Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion ResourceCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2024 | 44% | |
| Airedale Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Castleford | Good 2023 | 44% | |
| St Helen's CE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 43% | |
| Newlands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Normanton | No overall grade | 41% | |
| Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Requires improvement 2024 | 41% | |
| South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Good 2022 | 40% | |
| Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | No overall grade | 38% | |
| Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wakefield | Requires improvement 2024 | 36% | |
| Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2024 | 35% | |
| Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 34% | |
| South Kirkby AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2023 | 33% | |
| King's Meadow AcademyAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 32% | |
| Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Report card 2026 | 31% | |
| England Lane AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Knottingley | Outstanding 2024 | 31% | |
| Fitzwilliam Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | No overall grade | 31% | |
| Cherry Tree AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2024 | 26% | |
| 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 overall grade | — | |
| Normanton All Saints CofE Infant SchoolVoluntary aided school | Normanton | No overall grade | — | |
| South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Pontefract | Report card 2025 | — | |
| South Ossett Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Ossett | Good 2023 | — | |
| Glasshoughton Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2023 | — | |
| Airedale Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | No overall grade | — | |
| Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Normanton | Report card 2026 | — | |
| Crofton Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2024 | — | |
| Featherstone Girnhill Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Pontefract | Good 2024 | — | |
| Northfield Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Pontefract | Requires improvement 2022 | — | |
| Townville AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Castleford | Requires improvement 2023 | — | |
| Smawthorne Henry Moore AcademyAcademy converter | Castleford | Good 2020 | — | |
| Altofts Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Normanton | No overall grade | — |