King's Meadow Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF9 5BPPostcode

1.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

King's Meadow Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

It currently serves 234 pupils. King's Meadow Academy is part of Waterton Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 43%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 98
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

234

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 234
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Waterton Academy Trust

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Mar 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
20 Nov 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement
26 Feb 2015	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.