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Jerry Clay Academy

4–11Ages
211Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137148URN

Jerry Clay Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0NP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingMar 2017

School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Oct 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

5.8per place

3.5 above Wakefield median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield

156 applications for 27 places · 1st of 100 in Wakefield

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

90%met the expected standard

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingMar 2017

School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Oct 2023

Inspection history

18 October 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
15 March 2017
Graded inspection: Outstanding

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

5.8applications per place, Reception

3.5 above Wakefield median (2.3) 3.6 above England median (2.2)

156 applications · 27 places offered · 58 named it first

2026 5.8; Wakefield median median 2.3
2025 5.9; Wakefield median median 2.2
2024 6.0; Wakefield median median 2.4
2023 5.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
2022 5.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
2021 5.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
2020 4.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
2019 4.1; Wakefield median median 1.8
2018 3.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
2017 2.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
2016 2.9; Wakefield median median 1.9
2015 2.8; Wakefield median median 1.8
2014 2.5; Wakefield median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Wakefield median in 13 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	27	156	5.8	58	2.15
Sep 2025	28	164	5.9	70	2.50
Sep 2024	29	174	6.0	60	2.07
Sep 2023	28	160	5.7	62	2.21
Sep 2022	30	165	5.5	63	2.10
Sep 2021	28	153	5.5	67	2.39
Sep 2020	30	141	4.7	62	2.07
Sep 2019	30	124	4.1	56	1.87
Sep 2018	30	102	3.4	42	1.40
Sep 2017	29	77	2.7	29	1.00
Sep 2016	26	76	2.9	24	0.92
Sep 2015	24	66	2.8	19	0.79
Sep 2014	27	68	2.5	27	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 97% · Maths 93% → all three 90% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard90%6th of 98 in Wakefield

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Wakefield 76% England 78%

Higher standard47%

Wakefield 27% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard97%

Wakefield 77% England 75%

Greater depth27%

Wakefield 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard93%

Wakefield 77% England 77%

Higher standard47%

Wakefield 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

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Wakefield median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	90%	27%	108	109
2023/24	93%	10%	109	108
2022/23	76%	17%	106	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

Jerry Clay AcademyThis school
This school

Remains Outstanding2023

5.8applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Wrenthorpe Academy
0.6 km · Wakefield

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs
0.9 km · Wakefield

Good2022

2.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
1.4 km · Wakefield

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School
1.6 km · Wakefield

Requires improvement2024

2.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Newton Hill Community School
1.8 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2024

3.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
1.9 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane
2.0 km · Wakefield

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Michael's CofE Academy
2.2 km · Wakefield

Good2024

2.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137148 · 384/2142
Trust: Accomplish Multi Academy Trust Limited
Capacity: 210 pupils · 211 on roll
Free school meals: 6.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 August 2011
Replaced: Stanley Wrenthorpe Jerry Clay Lane Junior and Infant School (URN 108201)
Address: Jerry Clay Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0NP
Local authority: Wakefield

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