Normanton Common Primary Academy
Primary schoolNormanton Common Primary Academy is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 334 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, July 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 12 July 2024
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, 73% of pupils at Normanton Common Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 73% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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- St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Normanton All Saints CofE Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade1.1 km
- Outwood Academy FreestonSecondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 44.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Normanton Junior AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Altofts Junior AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed1.6 km
- Martin Frobisher Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 20221.9 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).