South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF9 3EAPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, 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 208 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 2 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

208

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 208
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
16 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
15 Jan 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.