Schools near Wakefield

About schools near Wakefield

Here are the 60 nearest schools to Wakefield, ordered by how far each one sits from the centre. The closest is Wakefield Lawefield Primary School, less than a mile away in a straight line. Some sit under a neighbouring town or local authority, because distance does not follow administrative boundaries.

Ofsted inspects the schools on this page. Follow any school for its inspection history and, where results have been published, its exam performance. Distances are measured in a straight line from the centre of Wakefield, so a school that is close by road may fall a little further down this list; to see only the schools listed under Wakefield itself, open its schools page.

Nearest schools

• Wakefield Lawefield Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.1 miles
• CAPA College

  16 plus · Wakefield

  0.5 miles
• Trinity Academy Cathedral

  Secondary · Wakefield

  0.6 miles
• Heart of Yorkshire Education Group

  16 plus · Wakefield

  0.6 miles
• St Michael's CofE Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.6 miles
• Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.7 miles
• Wakefield Girls' High School

  Independent schools · Wakefield

  0.7 miles
• Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School

  Independent schools · Wakefield

  0.7 miles
• The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.7 miles
• English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.8 miles
• Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.8 miles
• Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

  Independent schools · Wakefield

  0.8 miles
• Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School

  Primary · Wakefield

  0.9 miles
• Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.0 miles
• St Austin's Catholic Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.1 miles
• Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.1 miles
• Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.2 miles
• Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill

  Primary · Wakefield

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

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.2 miles
• Evolve Academy

  Academies · Wakefield

  1.2 miles
• Silcoates School

  Independent schools · West Yorkshire

  1.4 miles
• The Castle Nursery School

  Nursery · Wakefield

  1.4 miles
• Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.4 miles
• Ivy Lane School

  Special schools

  1.5 miles
• Sandal Magna Community Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.5 miles
• Hall Cliffe Primary School

  Special schools · Wakefield

  1.5 miles
• Newton Hill Community School

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.5 miles
• Meadowcroft School

  Special schools · Wakefield

  1.6 miles
• Pinderfields Hospital PRU

  Local authority maintained schools · Wakefield

  1.6 miles
• Wrenthorpe Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.6 miles
• Jerry Clay Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.6 miles
• Outwood Academy City Fields

  Secondary · Wakefield

  1.7 miles
• St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Secondary · Wakefield

  1.7 miles
• Horbury Academy

  Secondary · Wakefield

  1.8 miles
• Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.9 miles
• Horbury Primary Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  1.9 miles
• Outwood Grange Academy

  Secondary · Wakefield

  2.1 miles
• Ossett South Parade Primary

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.1 miles
• Hall Cliffe School

  Special schools · Wakefield

  2.1 miles
• Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School

  Primary · Ossett

  2.1 miles
• Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.2 miles
• Rooks Nest Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.2 miles
• Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.2 miles
• Kettlethorpe High School

  Secondary · Wakefield

  2.2 miles
• Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.3 miles
• Towngate Primary Academy

  Primary · Ossett

  2.3 miles
• Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.3 miles
• Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.5 miles
• Crigglestone Nursery School

  Nursery · Wakefield

  2.5 miles
• Hendal Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.5 miles
• South Ossett Infant Academy

  Primary · Ossett

  2.5 miles
• St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.6 miles
• Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

  Primary · Ossett

  2.6 miles
• Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

  Secondary · Ossett

  2.7 miles
• Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

  Primary · Ossett

  2.7 miles
• Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School

  Primary · Ossett

  2.8 miles
• Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.8 miles
• Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.9 miles
• Walton Primary Academy

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.9 miles
• Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Primary · Wakefield

  2.9 miles

Common questions

How many schools are near Wakefield?

This page lists the 60 closest schools to the centre of Wakefield by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively, always within the same nation.

Which school is closest to Wakefield?

The nearest listed school to the centre of Wakefield is Wakefield Lawefield Primary School, about 0.1 miles from the centre. Distances are straight-line, so journeys will be longer by road.

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. Distances are straight-line, calculated from the schools' coordinates. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.