The Castle Nursery School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Ossett and Denby DaleConstituency

WF1 5NUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Castle Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 108 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

55%

Asian

17%

Black

10%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

108

Total Pupils

60%Boys

40%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

35%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 108
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 September 2023. 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
10 Nov 2014	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.