Northfield Primary School

State-Funded School

northfield-primary-school-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF9 3LYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Northfield Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 348 pupils. Northfield Primary School is part of Pontefract Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

348

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

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 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 348
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Pontefract Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
29 May 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.