Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Wakefield and RothwellConstituency

WF2 8AAPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Wakefield Snapethorpe 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 601 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

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: 45%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

601

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 601
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
10 Sept 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
6 Sept 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.