Crofton Infant School

State-Funded School

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

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF4 1NGPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Crofton 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 188 pupils. Crofton Infant School is part of Waterton Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Pupils

188

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

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: Average
Total pupils: 188
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Waterton Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 1 May 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 Mar 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.