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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 26 November 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Sharlston Community School (3-11): With Visual Impairment Resource, URN 108156
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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 entry47 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 1.5; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 1.4; Wakefield median median 2.4
- 2023 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2022 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2020 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
- 2018 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2017 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
- 2016 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wakefield median
Dashed bars: as Sharlston Community School (3-11): With Visual Impairment Resource (URN 108156), 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 | 29 | 47 | 1.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 21 | 31 | 1.5 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 23 | 33 | 1.4 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 27 | 1.1 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 35 | 50 | 1.4 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 41 | 51 | 1.2 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 35 | 42 | 1.2 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 59 | 1.4 | 44 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 34 | 40 | 1.2 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 36 | 47 | 1.3 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 38 | 1.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 80% · Maths 77% → all three 64% 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 | 64% | 14% | 105 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 6% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 51% | 7% | 104 | 104 |
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
- Sharlston Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Wakefield20261.5applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WakefieldRemains Good · improving202370%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · WakefieldGood20242.8applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · WakefieldRemains Good · improving20241.8applications per place
- 2.4 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · WakefieldRemains Good202383%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place
- 3.1 km · WakefieldRemains Good20232.4applications per place 48%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
- 143003 · 384/2067
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 239 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2016
- Replaced
- Sharlston Community School (3-11): With Visual Impairment Resource (URN 108156)
- Address
- Hammer Lane, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources