Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School
Primary schoolArk Halfpenny Lane Primary School is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 434 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 May 2025
- 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, 93% of pupils at Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
26% 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 | 93% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 26% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 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- New College PontefractSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file440 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Ark The King's SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)750 m
- Ark Larks Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 97% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- St Giles C of E AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Ark Carleton Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 87% 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).