Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
Lawefield Lane, Wakefield, WF2 8ST
437 pupils · 93% of 472 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 26 June 2024, published 9 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 53% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 5% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 45 | 44 | 77 | 45 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 45 | 41 | 90 | 41 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 40 | 34 | 82 | 37 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 41 | 37 | 67 | 39 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 41 | 40 | 59 | 40 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 49 | 40 | 65 | 41 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 58 | 37 | 60 | 42 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 47 | 27 | 43 | 29 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School 1.2 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- St Michael's CofE Academy 1.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.