Airedale Infant School

State-Funded School

airedale-infant-school-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Pontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyConstituency

WF10 3QJPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Airedale Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 206 pupils. Airedale Infant School is part of Castleford Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

<1%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

206

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 206
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Castleford Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
3 Dec 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.