Altofts Junior Academy
Ofsted: Good · July 2025State primary · 7 to 11Mixed
Ash Tree Gardens, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NF · Wakefield
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Summary
The key facts, in one placePrimary (key stage 2)
The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. England: the same figure across England. Band: Top 45%.
45thof 100 in Wakefield
Top 47%in England
Top 45%band
- Inspection
- Good, July 2025
- Results
- 66% expected standard; 8% higher standard
- Run by
- Waterton Academy Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, July 2025The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
- Higher standard: 8%, against 9% in Wakefield.
- We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
At a glance
Against Wakefield and EnglandThis schoolWakefieldEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
66%
In line with WakefieldHigher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
8%
Worse than WakefieldWakefield and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Guide: what these measures mean →
Overview
Getting in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Year 3 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Quality
- Good
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 66% (England 62%) (county 63%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 8% (England 8%) (county 9%)
Daily life
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 111 m, rail 340 m
- 3 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.3 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Who runs it
- Waterton Academy Trust, with 16 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2026
- Replaced Normanton Altofts Junior School (URN 108208)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Getting in
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 3. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →
Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.
Results
Results
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 66% | 62% | 63% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 8% | 8% | 9% | 2024/2025 |
Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
League table place
| Table | Band | England | Council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 45% | 6,848 of 14,817 | 45 of 100 |
Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
Inspections
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2025 | Graded inspection | Quality of education: Good |
| 5 February 2020 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good (Concerns) |
Source: Ofsted, 2025.
Daily life
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 111 |
| rail | 340 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 9.8 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 12.4 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 7.3 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- Waterton Academy Trust, with 16 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2026
- Replaced Normanton Altofts Junior School (URN 108208)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Area
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Normanton and the Wakefield league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
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