Graded inspection · Mar 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry89 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 3.6; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 4.0; Wakefield median median 2.4
- 2023 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2022 2.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2021 2.7; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2020 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2019 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2018 2.9; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2017 3.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2016 2.5; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2015 2.9; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 2.6; 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 | 89 | 3.1 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 87 | 4.0 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 83 | 2.9 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 102 | 3.4 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 | 29 | 85 | 2.9 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 75 | 2.6 | 30 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 97% · Maths 97% → all three 97% 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 | 97% | 53% | 112 | 112 |
| 2023/24 | 93% | 39% | 111 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 93% | 37% | 112 | 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
- Ark Larks Hill Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 97%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · WakefieldGood20242.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · WakefieldNot yet inspected
- 1.6 km · WakefieldImproved significantly20251.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WakefieldGood20232.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WakefieldOutstanding20242.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · WakefieldRemains Good20232.0applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139499 · 384/2115
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 203 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Pontefract Larks Hill Junior and Infant School (URN 108188)
- Address
- Larks Hill, Pontefract, WF8 4RJ
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources