Oyster Park Primary Academy

State-Funded School

oyster-park-primary-academy-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Pontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyConstituency

WF10 3SNPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 349 pupils. Oyster Park Primary Academy is part of Castleford Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Feb 2026 · published 26 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

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: 64%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

349

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 349
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Castleford Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
4 Dec 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
11 Nov 2019	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.