St Giles C of E Academy

State-Funded School

st-giles-c-of-e-academy-wakefield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Pontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyConstituency

WF8 1HGPostcode

7.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Giles C of E Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 337 pupils. St Giles C of E Academy is part of Enhance Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 80%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

337

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 337
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Enhance Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Nov 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.