Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 23 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry64 applications · 34 places offered · 28 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 2.0; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 2.0; Wakefield median median 2.4
- 2023 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2022 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2020 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2017 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2015 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
- This school
- Wakefield median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 34 | 64 | 1.9 | 28 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 41 | 80 | 2.0 | 33 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 31 | 61 | 2.0 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 31 | 55 | 1.8 | 27 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 29 | 53 | 1.8 | 21 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2021 | 26 | 42 | 1.6 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 37 | 50 | 1.4 | 34 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 42 | 69 | 1.6 | 38 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 57 | 71 | 1.3 | 43 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 | 32 | 55 | 1.7 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 52 | 75 | 1.4 | 45 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 | 36 | 62 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 94% · Writing 87% · Maths 91% → all three 87% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Wakefield median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 87% | 13% | 110 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 10% | 107 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 74% | 23% | 108 | 109 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · WakefieldRemains Good20203.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · WakefieldOutstanding20232.8applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · WakefieldGood20232.8applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · WakefieldRemains Good20243.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · WakefieldGood20222.0applications per place
- 3.0 km · WakefieldRemains Good20232.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Wakefield20262.2applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 108247 · 384/3015
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 312 pupils · 298 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Replaced
- Stanley Nursery School (URN 108136)
- Address
- Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4HS
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources