Schools in Wakefield
154 schools in the Wakefield local authority.
Schools
154
Open schools
Pupils
56,350
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
113 of 123 graded
Academic Performance
5.2
out of 10 · 145 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 13 11%
- Good
- 100 81%
- Requires improvement
- 10 8%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
16 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card15 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.2
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 145 of 154 schools that can be scored
Pupils
56,350
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 153 of 154 schools (56,350 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
83%Asian
5%Black
4%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 140 of 154 schools (53,572 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 27.0%
- First language not English
- 13.0%
- Young carers
- <1%
14,465 of 53,572 pupils · 140 of 154 schools
6,976 of 53,572 pupils · 140 of 154 schools
313 of 53,317 pupils · 137 of 154 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 114
- Secondary
- 18
- All-through
- 4
- Special
- 6
- Nursery
- 3
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 6
Top primary schools in Wakefield
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Jerry Clay AcademyWakefield · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.England Lane AcademyWakefield · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse GateWakefield · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 5.De Lacy Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 6.Outwood Primary Academy Ledger LaneWakefield · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 7.Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery SchoolWakefield · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 8.Carleton Park Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary9.1/10
- 9.Larks Hill Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary9.1/10
- 10.Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolWakefield · Primary9.0/10
- 11.Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyWakefield · Primary8.9/10Good
- 12.Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary8.9/10Good
- 13.The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary8.9/10Good
- 14.Middlestown Primary AcademyWakefield · Primary8.8/10Good
- 15.Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery SchoolWakefield · Primary8.8/10Good
- 16.Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolWakefield · Primary8.8/10
- 17.Outwood Primary Academy Bell LaneWakefield · Primary8.7/10Good
- 18.West End AcademyWakefield · Primary8.7/10Good
- 19.Rooks Nest AcademyWakefield · Primary8.5/10Good
- 20.Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary8.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in Wakefield
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Trinity Academy CathedralWakefield · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.De Lacy AcademyWakefield · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 3.The King's SchoolWakefield · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 4.Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeWakefield · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 5.Horbury AcademyWakefield · Secondary7.2/10Good
- 6.Castleford AcademyWakefield · Secondary7.1/10
- 7.Outwood Grange AcademyWakefield · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 8.Kettlethorpe High SchoolWakefield · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 9.St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyWakefield · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 10.Carleton High SchoolWakefield · Secondary6.5/10Good
- 11.St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyWakefield · Secondary6.4/10Good
- 12.Crofton AcademyWakefield · Secondary6.2/10Good
- 13.Outwood Academy FreestonWakefield · Secondary5.7/10
- 14.Outwood Academy HemsworthWakefield · Secondary3.4/10
- 15.The Featherstone AcademyWakefield · Secondary3.1/10Good
- 16.Minsthorpe Community CollegeWakefield · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 17.Outwood Academy City FieldsWakefield · Secondary2.1/10Good
- 18.Airedale AcademyWakefield · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Wakefield
- How many schools are there in Wakefield?
- Wakefield has 154 open schools — 114 primary, 18 secondary, 6 special, 3 nursery, teaching 56,350 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Wakefield are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 113 of the 123 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 13 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 154: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Wakefield?
- 5.2 out of 10, averaged across the 145 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Wakefield schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 31 schools in Wakefield currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Wakefield local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Wakefield covers 154 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Wakefield are eligible for free school meals?
- 27.0% — 14,465 of 53,572 pupils at the 140 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.