Graded inspection · Feb 2020 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry134 applications · 57 places offered · 58 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.4; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 2.2; Wakefield median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 2.0; Wakefield median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wakefield median
Dashed bars: as Smawthorne Henry Moore Primary School, Castleford (URN 133621), 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 | 57 | 134 | 2.4 | 58 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 * | 59 | 127 | 2.2 | 65 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 * | 59 | 115 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 * | 58 | 115 | 2.0 | 60 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 * | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 107 | 1.8 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 * | 51 | 81 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 59 | 91 | 1.5 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 54 | 105 | 1.9 | 54 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 49 | 88 | 1.8 | 43 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 58 | 102 | 1.8 | 62 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 58 | 102 | 1.8 | 66 | 1.14 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Smawthorne Henry Moore AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20202.4applications per place
- 0.7 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · WakefieldRemains Good202461%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · WakefieldGood20232.4applications per place
- 0.9 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20252.4applications per place
- 1.5 km · WakefieldGood20232.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · WakefieldGood20231.8applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20252.2applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151374 · 384/2208
- Capacity
- 530 pupils · 473 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2025
- Replaced
- Smawthorne Henry Moore Primary School, Castleford (URN 133621)
- Address
- Ashton Road, Castleford, WF10 5AX
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources