Community school · Wakefield

Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School

3–11Ages
601Pupils
PrimaryPhase
133758URN

Broadway, Wakefield, WF2 8AA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.8 below Wakefield median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield

70 applications for 46 places · 96th of 100 in Wakefield

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

49%met the expected standard

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 25 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Wakefield median (2.3) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

70 applications · 46 places offered · 45 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.5; Wakefield median median 2.3
2025 1.5; Wakefield median median 2.2
2024 1.5; Wakefield median median 2.4
2023 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.9
2022 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
2021 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
2020 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
2019 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
2018 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
2017 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
2016 0.9; Wakefield median median 1.9
2015 1.0; Wakefield median median 1.8
2014 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Wakefield median in 0 of 13 years.

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	46	70	1.5	45	0.98
Sep 2025	34	52	1.5	33	0.97
Sep 2024	73	111	1.5	69	0.95
Sep 2023	70	88	1.3	66	0.94
Sep 2022	81	100	1.2	77	0.95
Sep 2021	69	80	1.2	60	0.87
Sep 2020	57	70	1.2	54	0.95
Sep 2019	67	79	1.2	61	0.91
Sep 2018	66	77	1.2	63	0.95
Sep 2017	62	75	1.2	57	0.92
Sep 2016	77	71	0.9	49	0.64
Sep 2015	87	86	1.0	66	0.76
Sep 2014	52	63	1.2	49	0.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 62% · Writing 63% · Maths 70% → all three 49% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard49%79th of 98 in Wakefield

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard62%

Wakefield 76% England 78%

Higher standard15%

Wakefield 27% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Wakefield 77% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Wakefield 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard70%

Wakefield 77% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Wakefield 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Wakefield median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	49%	0%	102	102
2023/24	45%	0%	102	103
2022/23	41%	1%	100	102

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

Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
0.8 km · Wakefield

Good2023

2.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Michael's CofE Academy
1.1 km · Wakefield

Good2024

2.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School
1.3 km · Wakefield

Good2022

3.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Horbury Primary Academy
1.5 km · Wakefield

Good2022

2.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Ossett South Parade Primary
1.8 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2024

2.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School
1.9 km · Wakefield

Requires improvement2024

2.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School
1.9 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2022

2.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
2.0 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 133758 · 384/2209
Capacity: 700 pupils · 601 on roll
Free school meals: 45.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2003
Address: Broadway, Wakefield, WF2 8AA
Local authority: Wakefield

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources