Wakefield | Schools and Catchment Areas

Schools Information for the Local Authority of Wakefield

Percentage of pupils who where offered their first choice primary school	93.44% (Based on 3824 School Applications)
Percentage of pupils who where offered their first choice secondary school	92.54% (Based on 3954 School Applications)
Percentage of pupils achieving the Key Stage 2 expected level	61.23% (Based on 291 Schools)
Percentage of pupils achieving the Key Stage 2 higher level	8.65% (Based on 291 Schools)
Average GCSE Attainment 8 Score	44.93 (Based on 53 Schools)
A-Level (and equivalent) Average Points	28.57 (Based on 19 Schools)

Schools in Wakefield

School	Inspection Rating	Type	Ages
CAPA College Unity Hall, Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1EP	Outstanding	Academy	16-19
Castleford Academy Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, WF10 4JQ	Outstanding	Academy	11-18
Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School Stoney Lane, Hall Green, Wakefield, WF4 3LZ	Outstanding	Primary	3-11
De Lacy Academy Middle Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0BZ	Outstanding	Academy	11-16
Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery Healey Road, Ossett, WF5 8LB	Outstanding	Primary	3-7
Gawthorpe Community Academy High Street, Gawthorpe, Ossett, WF5 9QP	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
Glasshoughton Infant Academy Newfield Avenue, Castleford, WF10 4BH	Outstanding	Academy	3-7
Grove Lea Primary School Hemsworth Grove Lea Primary, Grove Terrace, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4BQ	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
Jerry Clay Academy Jerry Clay Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0NP	Outstanding	Academy	4-11
Kingsland Primary School Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4BA	Outstanding	Special	2-11
Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Lee Brigg, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2LN	Outstanding	Academy	3-7
Martin Frobisher Infant School Church Road, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NU	Outstanding	Primary	3-7
New College Pontefract Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QR	Outstanding	Academy	16-19
Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School High Street, Normanton, WF6 1NR	Outstanding	Primary	3-7
Oakfield Park School Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DT	Outstanding	Special	11-19
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Church Street, Ossett, WF5 9DG	Outstanding	Primary	3-11
Outwood Grange Academy Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PF	Outstanding	Academy	11-18
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate Brandy Carr Road, Kirkhamgate, Wakefield, WF2 0RS	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane Ledger Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PH	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
Rooks Nest Academy Rooks Nest Road, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 3DX	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
South Ossett Infant Academy Vicar Lane, Ossett, WF5 0BE	Outstanding	Academy	3-7
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Newgate, Pontefract, WF8 4AA	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
The Vale Primary Academy Ferrybridge Road, Knottingley, WF11 8JF	Outstanding	Academy	3-11
Trinity Academy Cathedral Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF	Outstanding	Academy	11-16
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School St George’s Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8AA	Outstanding	Primary	3-11
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy College Grove, Whitwood, Castleford, WF10 5NS	Good	Academy	3-11
Ackworth Mill Dam School Mill Gate, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7PH	Good	Academy	3-11
Airedale Academy Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU	Good	Academy	11-18
Airedale Infant School Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford, WF10 3QJ	Good	Academy	3-7
Airedale Junior School Fryston Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3EP	Good	Academy	7-11
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Badsworth Ce J&I (Vc) School, Main Street, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AJ	Good	Primary	4-11
Carleton High School Green Lane, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NW	Good	Academy	11-16
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Moxon Close, Carleton Park, Pontefract, WF8 3PT	Good	Academy	4-11
Castleford Park Junior Academy Medley Street, Castleford, WF10 4BB	Good	Academy	7-11
Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery Francis Street, Castleford, WF10 1HF	Good	Primary	3-7
Compass Community School Hemsworth 58 Highfield Road, Hemsworth, WF9 4EA	Good	Independent (special)	11-17
Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Painthorpe Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield, WF4 3HW	Good	Primary	3-11
Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy St James Way, Crigglestone, Wakefield, WF4 3HY	Good	Academy	4-11
Crofton Infant School High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NG	Good	Academy	3-7
Crofton Junior School Slack Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1HJ	Good	Primary	7-11
Darrington Church of England Primary School Denby Crest, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3SB	Good	Academy	3-11
Denby Grange School Off Stocksmoor Rd, Midgley, Wakefield, WF4 4JG	Good	Independent (special)	11-18
England Lane Academy England Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0JA	Good	Academy	3-11
Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford Stansfield Drive, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3DB	Good	Primary	3-11
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy North Close, North Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BQ	Good	Academy	3-11
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JB	Good	Academy	3-7
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Gordon Street, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6LW	Good	Primary	3-11
Featherstone Purston Infant School Nunns Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5HF	Good	Primary	3-7
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School George Street, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5BG	Good	Primary	7-11
Fitzwilliam Primary School Second Avenue, Fitzwilliam, Wakefield, WF9 5BA	Good	Academy	3-11
Half Acres Primary Academy Temple Street, Castleford, WF10 5RE	Good	Academy	3-11
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW	Good	Academy	3-11
Hall Cliffe Primary School 7 Wrenthorpe Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0QB	Good	Independent (special)	5-13
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group Margaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH	Good	Further Education	16-99
Hendal Primary School Hendal Lane, Kettlethorpe, Wakefield, WF2 7QW	Good	Primary	3-11
High Well School Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DD	Good	Special	10-16
Highfield School Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS	Good	Special	11-19
Holy Family and St Michael’s Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN	Good	Academy	4-11
Horbury Academy Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE	Good	Academy	11-16
Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy Bridge Road, Horbury Bridge, Wakefield, WF4 5PS	Good	Academy	3-11
Horbury Primary Academy Northfield Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DW	Good	Academy	3-11
Horbury St Peter’s and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School Shepstye Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5BE	Good	Primary	3-11
Ivy Lane School Ivy Lane School, Ivy Lane, WF1 4AZ	Good	Independent (special)	11-19
Kettlethorpe High School Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7EL	Good	Secondary	11-16
King’s Meadow Academy Wakefield Road, Fitzwilliam, Pontefract, WF9 5BP	Good	Academy	3-11
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School Larks Hill, Pontefract, WF8 4RJ	Good	Academy	4-11
Meadowcroft School 24 Bar Lane, Wakefield, WF1 4AD	Good	Independent (special)	5-19
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource Field Lane, Thornes, Wakefield, WF2 7RU	Good	Primary	3-11
Middlestown Primary Academy Cross Road, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4QE	Good	Academy	3-11
Minsthorpe Community College Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ	Good	Academy	11-18
Moorthorpe Primary (J and I ) School Regent Street, Moorthorpe, Pontefract, WF9 2BL	Good	Primary	3-11
Newlands Primary School Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB	Good	Primary	3-11
Newton Hill Community School Leeds Road, Newton Hill, Wakefield, WF1 2HR	Good	Primary	3-11
Normanton Altofts Junior School Ash Tree Gardens, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NF	Good	Primary	7-11
Normanton Common Primary Academy Castleford Road, Normanton, WF6 1QU	Good	Academy	3-11
Normanton Junior Academy Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1EY	Good	Academy	7-11
Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School Orchard Head Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2NJ	Good	Academy	3-11
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG	Good	Academy	11-18
Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School Wakefield Road, Flushdyke, Ossett, WF5 9AN	Good	Primary	3-11
Ossett South Parade Primary Fairfield Road, South Parade, Wakefield, WF5 0DZ	Good	Primary	3-11
Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Southdale Road, Ossett, WF5 8BA	Good	Primary	7-11
Outwood Academy City Fields Warmfield View, Wakefield, WF1 4SF	Good	Academy	11-16
Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Bell Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7JH	Good	Academy	3-11
Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate Canal Lane, Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield, WF3 3HU	Good	Academy	3-11
Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School Chapel Street, Ryhill, Wakefield, WF4 2AD	Good	Primary	3-11
Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School Barnsley Road, Sandal, Wakefield, WF2 6AS	Good	Primary	4-11
Sandal Magna Community Academy Belle Vue Road, Agbrigg, Wakefield, WF1 5NF	Good	Academy	3-11
Sharlston Community School Hammer Lane, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH	Good	Academy	3-11
Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School Shay Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NN	Good	Primary	3-11
Simpson’s Lane Academy Sycamore Avenue, Knottingley, WF11 0PL	Good	Academy	3-11
Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School Netherton Lane, Netherton, Wakefield, WF4 4HQ	Good	Primary	3-11
Smawthorne Henry Moore Primary School, Castleford Ashton Road, Castleford, WF10 5AX	Good	Primary	5-11
South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School Common Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3EA	Good	Primary	3-7
St Austin’s Catholic Primary School Back Duke of York Street, Wakefield, WF1 3PF	Good	Academy	4-11
St Giles C of E Academy St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG	Good	Academy	3-11
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 0DQ	Good	Academy	3-11
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Castleford Pontefract Road, Castleford, WF10 4JB	Good	Academy	3-11
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe Barnsley Road, Moorthorpe, Pontefract, WF9 2BP	Good	Academy	3-11
St Michael’s CofE Academy St Michael’s Ce Academy, Wakefield, WF2 9JA	Good	Academy	2-11
St Thomas ? Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Barnsley Road, Sandal, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ	Good	Academy	11-16
St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD	Good	Academy	11-18
St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Beckbridge Lane, Normanton, WF6 2HZ	Good	Academy	3-11
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery School Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4NT	Good	Primary	3-11
Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4HS	Good	Primary	3-11
Streethouse, Junior, Infant and Nursery Whinney Lane, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DJ	Good	Primary	2-11
The Featherstone Academy Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ	Good	Academy	11-16
The Grange School 2 Milner Way, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 9JE	Good	Independent (special)	5-14
The King’s School Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF	Good	Academy	11-16
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School The Mount, Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QW	Good	Primary	3-11
TLG Wakefield Parish Rooms, Snydale Road, West Yorkshire, WF6 1HY	Good	Independent	11-16
Towngate Primary Academy Whitley Spring Road, Ossett, WF5 0QA	Good	Academy	3-11
Upton Primary School Waggon Lane, Upton, Pontefract, WF9 1JS	Good	Primary	3-11
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School Flanshaw Road, Flanshaw, Wakefield, WF2 0AS	Good	Primary	3-11
Wakefield independent sch Nostell Centre, Doncaster Road, Wakefield, WF4 1QG	Good	Independent	2-17
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School Lawefield Lane, Wakefield, WF2 8ST	Good	Primary	3-11
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, WF1 3SQ	Good	Primary	3-11
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Belgravia Road, Wakefield, WF1 3JP	Good	Primary	4-11
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Charles Street, Wakefield, WF1 4PE	Good	Primary	2-11
Walton Primary Academy The Grove, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6LD	Good	Academy	3-11
West Bretton Junior and Infant School Bretton Lane, West Bretton, Wakefield, WF4 4LB	Good	Primary	3-11
West End Academy Regent Street, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4QJ	Good	Academy	3-11
Willow Green Academy Hampden Close, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, WF11 8PT	Good	Academy	3-11
Wrenthorpe Academy Imperial Avenue, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Good	Academy	4-11
Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Station Road, Low Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7HH	Requires improvement	Primary	3-11
Alverthorpe St Paul’s CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs St Paul’s Drive, Alverthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0BT	Requires improvement	Primary	3-11
Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy Methley Road, Castleford, WF10 1PN	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
Castleford Townville Infants’ School Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford, WF10 3QJ	Requires improvement	Primary	3-7
Cherry Tree Academy Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
Crofton Academy High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF	Requires improvement	Academy	11-16
De Lacy Primary School Chequerfield Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2TG	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9DD	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
Hall Cliffe School Dovecote Lane, Wakefield, WF4 6BB	Requires improvement	Independent (special)	8-17
Northfield Primary School: With Communication Resource Northfield Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3LY	Requires improvement	Primary	3-11
Outwood Academy Freeston Favell Avenue, Normanton, WF6 1HZ	Requires improvement	Academy	11-16
Outwood Academy Hemsworth Wakefield Road, Pontefract, WF9 4AB	Requires improvement	Academy	11-18
Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green Cow Lane, Havercroft, Wakefield, WF4 2BE	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Irwin Crescent, Wakefield, WF1 4QY	Requires improvement	Primary	3-11
Oyster Park Primary Academy Watling Road, Ferry Fryston, Castleford, WF10 3SN	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Highfield Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4LJ	Requires improvement	Academy	4-11
South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School Carlton Road, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2QQ	Requires improvement	Primary	3-11
South Hiendley Primary School George Street, South Hiendley, Barnsley, S72 9BY	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
South Kirkby Academy Stockingate, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3DP	Requires improvement	Academy	7-11
St Botolphs CE Academy Primrose Vale, Wakefield, Knottingley, WF11 9BT	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
St Helen’s CE Primary School Highfield Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4EG	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School Carleton Road, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NP	Requires improvement	Academy	3-11
Ash Grove Primary Academy Ash Grove, South Elmsall, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2TF	Inadequate	Primary	3-11
Evolve Academy St. Georges Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Inadequate	Pupil Referral Unit	7-14

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