Local Authority Safeguarding Index

Wakefield Safeguarding Pulse

2026 transparency snapshot for 159 schools, ranked nationally against 183 local authorities.

46/100 Average Transparency Score
159 Schools Monitored
#58 National Rank
+2 pts above the national average (44/100)

*Calculated from 2026 Ofsted & iXBRL signals across 159 schools in Wakefield.

Top Performers

Highest Transparency Scores in Wakefield

  1. 1
    CAPA College 16 plus · Ofsted: Outstanding
    80/100
  2. 2
    New College Pontefract 16 plus · Ofsted: Outstanding
    80/100
  3. 3
    Castleford Academy Secondary · Ofsted: Outstanding
    70/100
  4. 4
    Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School Primary · Ofsted: Outstanding
    70/100
  5. 5
    Crigglestone Nursery School Nursery · Ofsted: Outstanding
    70/100
Directory

All Schools in Wakefield

16 plus 3
School Ofsted Transparency
CAPA College WF1 2QN Outstanding 80
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group WF1 2DH Good 58
New College Pontefract WF8 4QR Outstanding 80
Not applicable 22
School Ofsted Transparency
Ackworth School WF7 7LT ISI inspected 55
Balance Alternative Provision WF11 8NE Good 52
Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd) WF4 3JL Requires Improvement 47
Compass Community School Hemsworth WF9 4EA Good 52
Denby Grange School WF4 4JG Good 48
Enrich Academy WF4 1LL — 14
Evolve Academy WF2 8BB Good 52
Hall Cliffe Primary School WF2 0QB Outstanding 70
Hall Cliffe School WF4 6BB Good 55
Hammer Lane Academy WF4 1DH — 25
High Well School WF8 2DD Good 44
Highfield School WF5 9BS Good 48
Ivy Lane School WF1 4AZ Good 55
Kingsland Primary School WF3 4BA Outstanding 70
Meadowcroft School WF1 4AD Good 52
OSCARS WF10 1PN — 14
Oakfield Park School WF7 7DT Outstanding 70
Pinderfields Hospital PRU WF2 0LW Good 48
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School WF1 3QX ISI inspected 55
Silcoates School WF2 0PD ISI inspected 55
Wakefield Girls' High School WF1 2QS ISI inspected 55
Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School WF1 2DG ISI inspected 55
Nursery 3
School Ofsted Transparency
Crigglestone Nursery School WF4 3EB Outstanding 70
Harewood Centre Nursery School WF8 2ER Good 54
The Castle Nursery School WF1 5NU Good 58
Primary 113
School Ofsted Transparency
108206 WF7 6LW — 10
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy WF10 5NS Good 54
Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School WF7 7HH Good 62
Ackworth Mill Dam School WF7 7PH — 14
Airedale Infant Academy WF10 3QJ Good 55
Airedale Junior Academy WF10 3EP Good 48
Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs WF2 0BT Good 44
Ash Grove Primary Academy WF9 2TF Good 48
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School WF9 1AJ Good 44
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School WF8 3PT — 22
Castleford Park Junior Academy WF10 4BB Good 52
Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy WF10 1PN Good 48
Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery WF10 1HF Good 55
Cherry Tree Academy WF8 2HN Requires Improvement 40
Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School WF4 3LZ Outstanding 70
Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School WF4 3HW Good 52
Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy WF4 3HY Good 48
Crofton Infant School WF4 1NG — 22
Crofton Junior School WF4 1HJ Good 48
Darrington Church of England Primary School WF8 3SB — 22
De Lacy Primary School WF8 2TG Outstanding 70
Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery WF5 8LB Good 44
Dowsett, Barbara Elizabeth WF2 9DD — 18
England Lane Academy WF11 0JA Outstanding 70
Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford WF10 3DB Good 48
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy WF7 6BQ — 22
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School WF7 5JB Good 52
Featherstone Purston Infant School WF7 5HF Good 44
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School WF7 5BG Requires Improvement 33
Fitzwilliam Primary School WF9 5BA Good 55
Gawthorpe Community Academy WF5 9QP Good 44
Glasshoughton Infant Academy WF10 4BH Good 48
Grove Lea Primary School WF9 4BQ Outstanding 70
Half Acres Primary Academy WF10 5RE Outstanding 70
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School WF8 4BW Good 55
Hendal Primary School WF2 7QW Good 52
Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy WF8 2HN — 14
Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy WF4 5PS Good 44
Horbury Primary Academy WF4 5DW Good 44
Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School WF4 5BE Good 44
Jerry Clay Academy WF2 0NP Outstanding 70
King's Meadow Academy WF9 5BP Requires improvement 37
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School WF8 4RJ Good 52
Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School WF6 2LN Outstanding 70
Martin Frobisher Infant School WF6 2NU Good 44
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource WF2 7RU Good 48
Middlestown Primary Academy WF4 4QE — 40
Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource WF9 2BL Good 48
Newlands Primary School WF6 1BB Good 52
Newton Hill Community School WF1 2HR Good 52
Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School WF6 1NR Outstanding 70
Normanton Altofts Junior School WF6 2NF Good 55
Normanton Common Primary Academy WF6 1QU Good 52
Normanton Junior Academy WF6 1EY Good 48
Northfield Primary School WF9 3LY — 10
Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School WF8 2NJ Good 52
Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School WF5 9AN Good 44
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School WF5 9DG — 22
Ossett South Parade Primary WF5 0DZ Good 48
Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School WF5 8BA Outstanding 70
Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane WF7 7JH Good 44
Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill WF1 4LU Good 55
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate WF2 0RS — 22
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane WF1 2PH Outstanding 70
Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate WF3 3HU Outstanding 70
Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green WF4 2BE Good 44
Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill WF1 4QY Good 44
Oyster Park Primary Academy WF10 3SN Requires Improvement 37
Rooks Nest Academy WF1 3DX Good 48
Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School WF4 2AD Good 48
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School WF9 4LJ Good 44
Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School WF2 6AS Good 52
Sandal Magna Community Academy WF1 5NF Good 44
Sharlston Community School WF4 1DH — 22
Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School WF4 1NN Good 48
Simpson's Lane Academy WF11 0PJ Outstanding 70
Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School WF4 4HQ Good 44
Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy WF10 5AX — 22
South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School WF9 2QQ Good 44
South Hiendley Primary School S72 9BY Good 44
South Kirkby Academy WF9 3DP Good 48
South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School WF9 3EA — 40
South Ossett Infant Academy WF5 0BE Good 48
St Austin's Catholic Primary School WF1 3PF — 18
St Botolphs CE Academy WF11 9BT — 22
St Giles C of E Academy WF8 1HG Good 52
St Helen's CE Primary School WF9 4EG Good 44
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School WF5 0DQ Good 52
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford WF10 4JB — 22
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract WF8 4AA Good 52
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe WF9 2BP Good 44
St Michael's CofE Academy WF2 9JA Good 48
St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School WF6 2HZ Good 48
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy WF3 4NT — 18
Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School WF3 4HS Good 44
Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School WF7 6DJ Requires Improvement 33
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School WF2 8QW Good 44
The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School WF8 3NP Good 44
The Vale Primary Academy WF11 8JF Outstanding 70
Towngate Primary Academy WF5 0QA Good 52
Townville Academy WF10 3QJ — 10
Upton Primary School WF9 1JS Good 44
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School WF2 0AS Requires Improvement 37
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School WF2 8ST Good 52
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School WF1 3SQ Good 48
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School WF2 8AA Requires Improvement 37
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School WF1 3JP Good 48
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School WF1 4PE Good 48
Walton Primary Academy WF2 6LD — 14
West Bretton Junior and Infant School WF4 4LB — 40
West End Academy WF9 4QJ Good 52
Willow Green Academy WF11 8PT Good 48
Wrenthorpe Academy WF2 0LW — 22
Secondary 18
School Ofsted Transparency
Airedale Academy WF10 3JU Requires Improvement 33
Carleton High School WF8 3NW Good 52
Castleford Academy WF10 4JQ Outstanding 70
Crofton Academy WF4 1NF Good 48
De Lacy Academy WF11 0BZ Outstanding 70
Horbury Academy WF4 5HE — 40
Kettlethorpe High School WF2 7EL Good 44
Minsthorpe Community College WF9 2UJ Good 48
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College WF5 0DG Good 44
Outwood Academy City Fields WF1 4SF Good 44
Outwood Academy Freeston WF6 1HZ Requires improvement 40
Outwood Academy Hemsworth WF9 4AB Requires improvement 37
Outwood Grange Academy WF1 2PF Good 52
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy WF2 6EQ Good 48
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy WF7 6BD — 14
The Featherstone Academy WF7 5AJ Good 44
The King's School WF8 4JF Good 44
Trinity Academy Cathedral WF2 8QF Outstanding 70
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