Living in Normanton with children
Normanton, Wakefield. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 21,976 people in 9,636 households; 27.5% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
9 schools: 8 state primary, 1 state secondaryNormanton on the schools map →Every school in Normanton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normanton Junior Academy | School remains Good | Top half · 32nd in Wakefield | — |
| Normanton Common Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top half · 35th in Wakefield | — |
| Altofts Junior Academy | Good | Top half · 39th in Wakefield | — |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 60th in Wakefield | — |
| Newlands Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 98th in Wakefield | — |
| Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Martin Frobisher Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School | Outstanding | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Academy Freeston | Good | Lower half · 15th 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 (68 detached, 89 semi-detached, 72 terraced, 5 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Normanton. 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 Normanton →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 97% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 523 postcodes in WF6. 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: 2 good, or expected standard; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 4 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.
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