League table · Wakefield

Primary league table: Wakefield

Ranked on 2025 KS2 results: the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Each school's place among Wakefield's schools of the same phase with a published figure.

100 schools ranked. England: 62%; Wakefield: 63%. Source: DfE school performance tables. Built 16 October 2026.

Place	School	Town	Expected standard	Rank in Wakefield
1	Ark Larks Hill Primary School	Pontefract	97%	1st (1/100)
2	Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School	Ossett	94%	Top 2% (2/100)
3	Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School	Pontefract	93%	Top 3% (3/100)
4	Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy	Wakefield	93%	Top 4% (4/100)
5	Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	91%	Top 5% (5/100)
6	Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate	Wakefield	90%	Top 6% (6/100)
7	Jerry Clay Academy	Wakefield	90%	Top 7% (7/100)
8	Ark Orchard Head Primary School	Pontefract	89%	Top 8% (8/100)
9	Ark Carleton Park Primary School	Pontefract	87%	Top 9% (9/100)
10	Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Wakefield	87%	Top 10% (10/100)
11	Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy	Wakefield	87%	Top 11% (11/100)
12	Middlestown Primary Academy	Wakefield	86%	Top 12% (12/100)
13	Rooks Nest Academy	Wakefield	85%	Top 13% (13/100)
13	England Lane Academy	Knottingley	85%	Top 13% (13/100)
15	Simpson's Lane Academy	Knottingley	84%	Top 15% (15/100)
16	Newton Hill Community School	Wakefield	84%	Top 16% (16/100)
17	Ark Northfield Primary School	Pontefract	83%	Top 17% (17/100)
18	Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane	Pontefract	83%	Top 18% (18/100)
19	Normanton Junior Academy	Normanton	83%	Top 19% (19/100)
20	Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate	Wakefield	81%	Top 20% (20/100)
21	Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School	Pontefract	80%	Top 21% (21/100)
22	Ark De Lacy Primary School	Pontefract	80%	Top 22% (22/100)
23	St Ignatius Catholic Primary School	Wakefield	79%	Top 23% (23/100)
24	Horbury Primary Academy	Wakefield	78%	Top 24% (24/100)
25	St Giles C of E Academy	Pontefract	78%	Top 25% (25/100)
26	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract	Pontefract	77%	Top 26% (26/100)
27	Grove Lea Primary School	Pontefract	77%	Top 27% (27/100)
28	The Vale Primary Academy	Knottingley	76%	Top 28% (28/100)
29	Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary School	Pontefract	73%	Top 29% (29/100)
30	Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School	Pontefract	73%	Top 30% (30/100)
30	St Michael's CofE Academy	Wakefield	73%	Top 30% (30/100)
32	Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School	Wakefield	73%	Top 32% (32/100)
33	Normanton Common Primary Academy	Normanton	73%	Top 33% (33/100)
34	West End Academy	Pontefract	73%	Top 34% (34/100)
35	Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane	Wakefield	72%	Top 35% (35/100)
36	Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	71%	Top 36% (36/100)
37	Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy	Pontefract	71%	Top 37% (37/100)
38	Walton Primary Academy	Wakefield	71%	Top 38% (38/100)
39	Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green	Wakefield	71%	Top 39% (39/100)
40	Crofton Junior School	Wakefield	70%	Top 40% (40/100)
41	Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs	Wakefield	69%	Top 41% (41/100)
42	English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	Wakefield	69%	Top 42% (42/100)
43	Ackworth Mill Dam School	Pontefract	68%	Top 43% (43/100)
44	Sandal Magna Community Academy	Wakefield	67%	Top 44% (44/100)
45	Altofts Junior Academy	Normanton	66%	Top 45% (45/100)
46	St Botolphs CE Academy	Knottingley	65%	Top 46% (46/100)
47	Half Acres Primary Academy	Castleford	65%	Top 47% (47/100)
48	Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource	Wakefield	65%	Top 48% (48/100)
49	South Hiendley Primary School	Barnsley	65%	Top 49% (49/100)
50	Sharlston Community School	Wakefield	64%	Top 50% (50/100)
51	Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy	Wakefield	64%	(51/100)
52	Ackton Pastures Primary Academy	Castleford	64%	(52/100)
53	Darrington Church of England Primary School	Pontefract	64%	(53/100)
54	Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill	Wakefield	63%	(54/100)
55	Willow Green Academy	Knottingley	63%	(55/100)
56	Airedale Junior Academy	Castleford	62%	(56/100)
57	Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School	Wakefield	62%	(57/100)
58	Castleford Park Junior Academy	Castleford	61%	(58/100)
59	Gawthorpe Community Academy	Ossett	60%	(59/100)
60	Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School	Wakefield	60%	(60/100)
60	Ossett South Parade Primary	Wakefield	60%	(60/100)
62	Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School	Ossett	60%	(62/100)
63	Wrenthorpe Academy	Wakefield	59%	(63/100)
64	St Helen's CE Primary School	Pontefract	58%	(64/100)
65	Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	58%	(65/100)
66	Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill	Wakefield	57%	(66/100)
67	Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Wakefield	57%	(67/100)
68	The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School	Wakefield	56%	(68/100)
69	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe	Pontefract	55%	(69/100)
70	Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School	Ossett	53%	(70/100)
71	Wakefield Lawefield Primary School	Wakefield	53%	(71/100)
72	Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	53%	(72/100)
73	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford	Castleford	52%	(73/100)
74	Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School	Wakefield	52%	(74/100)
75	Hendal Primary School	Wakefield	51%	(75/100)
76	St Austin's Catholic Primary School	Wakefield	51%	(76/100)
77	South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School	Pontefract	51%	(77/100)
78	West Bretton Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	50%	(78/100)
79	Fitzwilliam Primary School	Pontefract	50%	(79/100)
80	Cherry Tree Academy	Pontefract	49%	(80/100)
81	Towngate Primary Academy	Ossett	49%	(81/100)
82	Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School	Wakefield	49%	(82/100)
83	Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School	Wakefield	48%	(83/100)
83	St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School	Normanton	48%	(83/100)
85	Ash Grove Primary Academy	PONTEFRACT	48%	(85/100)
86	Upton Primary School	Pontefract	47%	(86/100)
86	Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy	Castleford	47%	(86/100)
88	Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School	Pontefract	46%	(88/100)
89	Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School	Wakefield	45%	(89/100)
90	King's Meadow Academy	Pontefract	45%	(90/100)
91	Oyster Park Primary Academy	Castleford	43%	(91/100)
92	Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School	Pontefract	42%	(92/100)
93	Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy	Castleford	42%	(93/100)
94	Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School	Pontefract	40%	(94/100)
95	Newlands Primary School	Normanton	38%	(95/100)
96	Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource	Pontefract	35%	(96/100)
96	Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	Pontefract	35%	(96/100)
98	South Kirkby Academy	Pontefract	32%	(98/100)
99	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	Pontefract	30%	(99/100)
99	Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford	Castleford	30%	(99/100)

How the table is worked out

Ranked on 2025 KS2 results: the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. One year and one figure: each school's place among Wakefield's primaries with a published figure that year; the share reaching the higher standard breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.

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