Schools in Wakefield

About schools in Wakefield

Wakefield lists 79 schools, most of them primary schools. Its nine secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two 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

65%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 51 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

46.2

average Attainment 8 score, across the 12 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Crigglestone Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

• The Castle Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools53

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Blackgates Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Carlton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  91%

  expected standard
• Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Crofton Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Crofton Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• East Ardsley Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Flockton CofE (C) First School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 10

• Grange Moor Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Hendal Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• Hill Top Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  93%

  expected standard
• Horbury Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Jerry Clay Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Middlestown Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Newton Hill Community School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  84%

  expected standard
• Ossett South Parade Primary

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Robin Hood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Rooks Nest Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Sandal Magna Community Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Sharlston Community School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• St Austin's Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• St Michael's CofE Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Thorpe Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Wakefield Lawefield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  49%

  expected standard
• Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Walton Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• West Bretton Junior and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Westerton Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Wrenthorpe Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard

Secondary schools9

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Crofton Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  46.5

  Attainment 8
• Horbury Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  48.7

  Attainment 8
• Kettlethorpe High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  46.9

  Attainment 8
• Outwood Academy City Fields

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  38.8

  Attainment 8
• Outwood Grange Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  47.2

  Attainment 8
• Rodillian Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  46.4

  Attainment 8
• St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  46.3

  Attainment 8
• Trinity Academy Cathedral

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  48.7

  Attainment 8
• Woodkirk Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  52.8

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges2

• CAPA College

  Free schools 16 to 19 · Ages 16 to 19

• Heart of Yorkshire Education Group

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision10

• Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd)

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 16 to 25

• Denby Grange School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 18

• Enrich Academy

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 14 to 16

• Evolve Academy

  Academy alternative provision sponsor led · Ages 4 to 14

• Hall Cliffe Primary School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 11

• Hall Cliffe School

  Other independent special school · Ages 8 to 17

• Hammer Lane Academy

  Other independent special school · Ages 4 to 7

• Kingsland Primary School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• Meadowcroft School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 19

• Pinderfields Hospital PRU

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 2 to 19

Independent schools3

• Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

  Other independent school · Ages 7 to 18 · Boys

• Wakefield Girls' High School

  Other independent school · Ages 7 to 18 · Girls

• Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 7

Common questions about schools in Wakefield

How many schools does Wakefield have?

OfferDay lists 79 schools in Wakefield, including 53 primary schools and ten special and alternative provision 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 schools in Wakefield where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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.