Simpson's Lane Academy
Primary schoolSimpson's Lane Academy is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 387 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 June 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, 84% of pupils at Simpson's Lane Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 84% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 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- The Vale Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- England Lane AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- De Lacy AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Balance Alternative ProvisionSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.4 km
- Willow Green AcademyPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- St Botolphs CE AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 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).