# St Giles C of E Academy

St Giles C of E Academy is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 337 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140453. [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 337
- Council: Wakefield
- URN: 140453

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 8 January 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 78% of pupils at St Giles C of E Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 78% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-pontefract-e138947): 570 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harewood Centre Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harewood-centre-nursery-school-e108134): 950 m. Nursery. School remains Good, July 2022
- [New College Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-college-pontefract-e144732): 1 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Ark The King's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-the-kings-school-e139500): 1.1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-halfpenny-lane-primary-school-e139502): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ark De Lacy Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-de-lacy-primary-school-e140023): 1.3 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140453)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140453)

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