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Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane

3–11Ages
456Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139108URN

Ledger Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingApr 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.5 above Wakefield median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

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162 applications for 59 places · 21st of 100 in Wakefield

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

72%met the expected standard

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingApr 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

Inspection history

25 June 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
2 April 2019
Graded inspection: Outstanding

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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 entry

2.8applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Wakefield median (2.3) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

162 applications · 59 places offered · 54 named it first

2026 2.8; Wakefield median median 2.3
2025 3.2; Wakefield median median 2.2
2024 3.3; Wakefield median median 2.4
2023 3.3; Wakefield median median 1.9
2022 2.7; Wakefield median median 1.8
2021 2.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
2020 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
2019 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
2018 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
2017 2.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
2016 2.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
2015 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.8
2014 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Wakefield median in 12 of 13 years.

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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	59	162	2.8	54	0.92
Sep 2025	59	191	3.2	62	1.05
Sep 2024	47	155	3.3	41	0.87
Sep 2023	60	197	3.3	66	1.10
Sep 2022	60	162	2.7	66	1.10
Sep 2021	60	148	2.5	56	0.93
Sep 2020	60	134	2.2	61	1.02
Sep 2019	60	134	2.2	56	0.93
Sep 2018	56	121	2.2	52	0.93
Sep 2017	45	106	2.4	44	0.98
Sep 2016	45	96	2.1	44	0.98
Sep 2015	45	102	2.3	47	1.04
Sep 2014	34	52	1.5	30	0.88

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 90% · Maths 87% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%35th of 98 in Wakefield

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Wakefield 76% England 78%

Higher standard46%

Wakefield 27% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard90%

Wakefield 77% England 75%

Greater depth39%

Wakefield 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Wakefield 77% England 77%

Higher standard26%

Wakefield 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	72%	18%	106	106
2023/24	73%	15%	106	107
2022/23	71%	22%	106	106

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

Outwood Primary Academy Ledger LaneThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Rooks Nest Academy
0.5 km · Wakefield

Good2023

2.8applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate
1.2 km · Wakefield

Outstanding2023

2.8applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Newton Hill Community School
1.2 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2024

3.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Wrenthorpe Academy
1.4 km · Wakefield

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
1.9 km · Wakefield

2026

1.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy
2.0 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2020

3.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Jerry Clay Academy
2.0 km · Wakefield

Remains Outstanding2023

5.8applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
2.2 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 48%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139108 · 384/2080
Trust: Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Capacity: 450 pupils · 456 on roll
Free school meals: 11.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2012
Replaced: Outwood Ledger Lane Junior and Infant School (URN 108165)
Address: Ledger Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PH
Local authority: Wakefield

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