Ark Carleton Park Primary School
Primary schoolArk Carleton Park Primary School is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 208 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 87% of pupils at Ark Carleton Park Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
23% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 87% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 23% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ark Larks Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 97% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Ark The King's SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)670 m
- Ark Carleton High SchoolSecondary. Improved significantly, November 2024. Attainment 8 of 44.3 (2025/26, provisional)740 m
- Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Ark De Lacy Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wakefield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).