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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 5 November 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry84 applications · 39 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 1.9; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Wakefield median median 2.4
- 2023 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2021 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2018 2.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2016 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2015 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2014 2.2; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wakefield median
Dashed bars: as Airedale Infant School (URN 108228), the previous school.
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 | 39 | 84 | 2.2 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 85 | 1.9 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 101 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 92 | 1.5 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 79 | 1.3 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2019 | 55 | 83 | 1.5 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 36 | 75 | 2.1 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 50 | 93 | 1.9 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 36 | 84 | 2.3 | 28 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2015 | 50 | 96 | 1.9 | 40 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 * | 50 | 111 | 2.2 | 58 | 1.16 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Airedale Infant AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.2applications per place
- 0.0 km · WakefieldRequires improvement20232.4applications per place
- 0.0 km · WakefieldRemains Good202362%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · WakefieldGood20231.6applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Wakefield20261.8applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · WakefieldGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.7 km · WakefieldRemains Good202461%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20252.4applications 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141522 · 384/2172
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 206 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2014
- Replaced
- Airedale Infant School (URN 108228)
- Address
- Poplar Avenue, Airedale, Airedale Junior School, Castleford, WF10 3QJ
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources