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147 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Wakefield has 142 state schools: 113 primary, 18 secondary, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 53,893 pupils. 116 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.2 out of 10, and 15 score 8 or above.

12 have a sixth form. 98 take children from age three or under. 33 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Castleford 18 schools Knottingley 8 schools Normanton 9 schools Ossett 9 schools Pontefract 46 schools
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Castleford · Good Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Good Ackworth Mill Dam School Pontefract · Good Ackworth School West Yorkshire Airedale Academy Castleford · Requires improvement Airedale Infant Academy Castleford · Good Airedale Junior Academy Castleford · Good Altofts Junior Academy Normanton · Not judged Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Wakefield · Good Ash Grove Primary Academy PONTEFRACT · Good Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Good CAPA College Wakefield Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd) Wakefield Carleton High School Pontefract · Good Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Not judged Castleford Academy Castleford · Not judged Castleford Park Junior Academy Castleford · Good Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy Castleford · Good Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery Castleford · Good Cherry Tree Academy Pontefract · Requires improvement Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School Wakefield · Outstanding Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Wakefield · Good Crigglestone Nursery School Wakefield · Outstanding Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy Wakefield · Good Crofton Academy Wakefield · Good Crofton Infant School Wakefield · Good Crofton Junior School Wakefield · Good Darrington Church of England Primary School Pontefract · Not judged De Lacy Academy Knottingley · Outstanding De Lacy Primary School Pontefract · Outstanding Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery Ossett · Good England Lane Academy Knottingley · Outstanding English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Wakefield · Good Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford Castleford · Good Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Pontefract · Good Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Pontefract · Good Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Good Featherstone Purston Infant School Pontefract · Good Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Pontefract · Requires improvement Fitzwilliam Primary School Pontefract · Not judged Gawthorpe Community Academy Ossett · Good Glasshoughton Infant Academy Castleford · Good Grove Lea Primary School Pontefract · Not judged Half Acres Primary Academy Castleford · Not judged Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · Not judged Harewood Centre Nursery School Pontefract · Good Heart of Yorkshire Education Group Wakefield · Good Hendal Primary School Wakefield · Not judged High Well School Pontefract · Good Highfield School Ossett · Good Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Pontefract · Good Horbury Academy Wakefield · Good Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy Wakefield · Good Horbury Primary Academy Wakefield · Good Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School Wakefield · Good Jerry Clay Academy Wakefield · Outstanding Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield · Good King's Meadow Academy Pontefract · Not judged Kingsland Primary School Wakefield · Outstanding Larks Hill Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Not judged Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Normanton · Outstanding Martin Frobisher Infant School Normanton · Good Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource Wakefield · Good Middlestown Primary Academy Wakefield · Good Minsthorpe Community College Pontefract · Good Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource Pontefract · Good New College Pontefract Pontefract · Outstanding Newlands Primary School Normanton · Not judged Newton Hill Community School Wakefield · Good Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School Normanton · Not judged Normanton Common Primary Academy Normanton · Good Normanton Junior Academy Normanton · Good Northfield Primary School Pontefract · Requires improvement Oakfield Park School Pontefract · Outstanding Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · Good Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Ossett · Good Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School Ossett · Good Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Ossett · Not judged Ossett South Parade Primary Wakefield · Good Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Ossett · Not judged Outwood Academy City Fields Wakefield · Good Outwood Academy Freeston Normanton · Not judged Outwood Academy Hemsworth Pontefract · Not judged Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield · Good Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Pontefract · Good Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Wakefield · Not judged Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate Wakefield · Not judged Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane Wakefield · Outstanding Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate Wakefield · Outstanding Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green Wakefield · Good Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Wakefield · Good Oyster Park Primary Academy Castleford · Requires improvement Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Wakefield Rooks Nest Academy Wakefield · Good Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School Wakefield · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Pontefract · Good Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School Wakefield · Not judged Sandal Magna Community Academy Wakefield · Good Sharlston Community School Wakefield · Good Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School Wakefield · Good Silcoates School West Yorkshire Simpson's Lane Academy Knottingley · Not judged Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School Wakefield · Good Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy Castleford · Good South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Good South Hiendley Primary School Barnsley · Good South Kirkby Academy Pontefract · Good South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · Good South Ossett Infant Academy Ossett · Good St Austin's Catholic Primary School Wakefield · Good St Botolphs CE Academy Knottingley · Not judged St Giles C of E Academy Pontefract · Good St Helen's CE Primary School Pontefract · Good St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Wakefield · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford Castleford · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract Pontefract · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe Pontefract · Good St Michael's CofE Academy Wakefield · Good St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Wakefield · Good St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Pontefract · Good St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Normanton · Good Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy Wakefield · Good Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Wakefield · Good Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · Requires improvement The Castle Nursery School Wakefield · Good The Featherstone Academy Pontefract · Good The King's School Pontefract · Good The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School Wakefield · Good The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School Pontefract · Good The Vale Primary Academy Knottingley · Not judged Towngate Primary Academy Ossett · Good Townville Academy Castleford · Requires improvement Trinity Academy Cathedral Wakefield · Outstanding Upton Primary School Pontefract · Good Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School Wakefield · Requires improvement Wakefield Girls' High School Wakefield Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School Wakefield Wakefield Lawefield Primary School Wakefield · Good Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School Wakefield · Good Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School Wakefield · Requires improvement Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Wakefield · Good Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Wakefield · Good Walton Primary Academy Wakefield · Good West Bretton Junior and Infant School Wakefield · Good West End Academy Pontefract · Good Willow Green Academy Knottingley · Good Wrenthorpe Academy Wakefield · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Wrenthorpe Academy Good · ×0.71 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Outwood Academy City Fields Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kettlethorpe High School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Outwood Grange Academy Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Wakefield

Primary schools: 'Each school, regardless of type, serves a catchment area' — ranked after looked-after children and siblings. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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