Ark Orchard Head Primary School
Primary schoolArk Orchard Head Primary School is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 335 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 12 March 2025
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, 89% of pupils at Ark Orchard Head 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 | 89% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 26% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 112 | 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- Willow Green AcademyPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- St Giles C of E AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Cherry Tree AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Harewood Centre Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, July 20221.6 km
- Ark De Lacy Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 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).