Primary schools in Wakefield
53 primary schools in Wakefield, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Wakefield in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 50 schools in Wakefield first 1,802 times for 1,792 places: 1.01 first choices per place. 13 of the 50 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 11 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.51 miles (Jerry Clay Academy) to 2.60 miles (Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School
- Jerry Clay Academy
- Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
- Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate
- Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs
- Blackgates Primary Academy
- Carlton Primary School
- Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School
- Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy
- Crofton Infant School
- Crofton Junior School
- East Ardsley Primary Academy
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Flockton CofE (C) First School
- Grange Moor Primary School
- Hendal Primary School
- Hill Top Primary Academy
- Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy
- Horbury Primary Academy
- Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource
- Middlestown Primary Academy
- Newton Hill Community School
- Ossett South Parade Primary
- Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill
- Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green
- Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill
- Robin Hood Primary School
- Rooks Nest Academy
- Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School
- Sandal Magna Community Academy
- Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School
- St Michael's CofE Academy
- Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy
- The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School
- Thorpe Primary School
- Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
- Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
- Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Westerton Primary Academy
- Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane
- Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School
- Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Walton Primary Academy
- West Bretton Junior and Infant School
- Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School
- Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School
- Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School
- Horbury St Peter's Church of England Primary Academy
- Sharlston Community School
- St Ignatius Catholic Primary School
- Wrenthorpe Academy
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