Living in West Yorkshire with children
West Yorkshire, Kirklees and Wakefield. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
2 schools: 0 state primary, 0 state secondary, 2 privateWest Yorkshire on the schools map →No school in West Yorkshire is in the league tables we hold.
Every school in West Yorkshire, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silcoates School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (2/3) in Wakefield | — |
| Rida Girls High School | — | — | — |
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)We don't hold Land Registry sales for West Yorkshire yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in West Yorkshire →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 95% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 1,992 postcodes in WF12, WF2. 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. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 1 in Kirklees · 1 in Wakefield.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; 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, Kirklees
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Kirklees · Wakefield.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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