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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 1 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 29 February 2012Graded inspection: Good · as Crofton Infant School, URN 108142
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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 entry85 applications · 47 places offered · 46 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 2.0; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Wakefield median median 2.4
- 2023 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2017 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2015 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wakefield median
Dashed bars: as Crofton Infant School (URN 108142), 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 | 47 | 85 | 1.8 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 91 | 2.0 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 54 | 93 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 41 | 64 | 1.6 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 46 | 68 | 1.5 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 49 | 76 | 1.6 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 101 | 1.7 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 48 | 71 | 1.5 | 46 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 55 | 87 | 1.6 | 50 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 50 | 86 | 1.7 | 51 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 52 | 85 | 1.6 | 52 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 58 | 93 | 1.6 | 59 | 1.02 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Crofton Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20241.8applications per place
- 0.2 km · WakefieldRemains Good · improving202370%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · WakefieldGood20242.8applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20241.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · WakefieldRemains Good20222.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Wakefield20261.5applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · WakefieldRemains Good20231.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · WakefieldGood20222.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 142493 · 384/2040
- Capacity
- 258 pupils · 188 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2015
- Replaced
- Crofton Infant School (URN 108142)
- Address
- High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NG
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources