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Schools in the Wakefield local authority

Wakefield has 158 schools listed on OfferDay across 8 towns.

3 nursery schools · 113 primary schools · 18 secondary schools · 3 sixth forms and colleges · 16 special and alternative provision schools · 5 independent schools

About schools in Wakefield

Wakefield lists 158 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 18 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at three sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
63%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 99 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.0
average Attainment 8 score, across the 22 schools with published results

Top schools in Wakefield

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School 97%
  2. 2 Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 94%
  3. 3 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 93%
  4. 4 Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy 93%
  5. 5 Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School 91%
  6. 6 Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate 90%
  7. 7 Jerry Clay Academy 90%
  8. 8 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School 89%

Secondary

  1. 1 Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College 51.0
  2. 2 The King's School 49.9
  3. 3 Horbury Academy 48.7
  4. 4 Trinity Academy Cathedral 48.7
  5. 5 Castleford Academy 48.5
  6. 6 Carleton High School 47.5
  7. 7 Outwood Grange Academy 47.2
  8. 8 Kettlethorpe High School 46.9

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Wakefield.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Wakefield

How many schools does Wakefield have?
OfferDay lists 158 schools in Wakefield, including 113 primary schools and 18 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Wakefield?
Every school in Wakefield is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Wakefield ranked?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Wakefield does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Wakefield local authority?
OfferDay groups the Wakefield schools across eight towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.