Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry71 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 3.0; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 3.1; Wakefield median median 2.4
- 2023 2.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2022 2.6; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2021 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2020 2.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2019 2.6; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2018 2.6; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2017 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2016 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2015 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 29 | 71 | 2.5 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 83 | 3.1 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 29 | 74 | 2.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 68 | 2.3 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 60 | 2.1 | 35 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 22 | 57 | 2.6 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 | 22 | 66 | 3.0 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 28 | 51 | 1.8 | 21 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2014 | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 22 | 0.92 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 83% · Maths 97% → all three 80% 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 | 80% | 20% | 109 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 7% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 72% | 7% | 108 | 105 |
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
- Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Wakefield20262.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WakefieldGood20222.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20232.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · WakefieldGood20231.5applications per place
- 3.5 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 97%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · WakefieldGood20232.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · WakefieldRemains Good20242.0applications 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
- 130977 · 384/3023
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 229 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 1996
- Replaced
- Ackworth Howard CofE First School (URN 108242)
- Address
- Station Road, Low Ackworth, Station Road, Pontefract, WF7 7HH
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources