Living in Castleford with children
Castleford, Wakefield and Leeds. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 45,363 people in 19,669 households; 29.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
18 schools: 15 state primary, 3 state secondaryCastleford on the schools map →Every school in Castleford, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (15)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School | Good | Top 20% (43/222) in Leeds | — |
| Allerton Bywater Primary School | Good | Top 36% (79/222) in Leeds | 1.359 miles (2026) |
| Half Acres Primary Academy | Good | Top 47% (47/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Ackton Pastures Primary Academy | Good | (52/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Airedale Junior Academy | School remains Good | (56/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Castleford Park Junior Academy | School remains Good | (58/100) in Wakefield | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford | Good | (73/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy | Good | (86/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Oyster Park Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | (91/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy | Good | (93/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford | Good | (99/100) in Wakefield | — |
| Airedale Infant Academy | Good | — | — |
| Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery | Standards maintained | — | — |
| Glasshoughton Infant Academy | Good | — | — |
| Townville Academy | Requires improvement | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigshaw High School | Standards maintained | Top 32% (14/45) in Leeds | — |
| Castleford Academy | Good | Top 50% (9/18) in Wakefield | — |
| Airedale Academy | Requires improvement | (17/18) in Wakefield | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (91 detached, 212 semi-detached, 187 terraced, 9 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Castleford. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Castleford →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 96% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,115 postcodes in WF10. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 3 in Leeds · 7 in Wakefield.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Wakefield
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Wakefield · Leeds.
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