Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School
Primary schoolWakefield Snapethorpe Primary School is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 601 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 49% of pupils at Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 49% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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- Evolve AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), June 2024160 m
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- St Michael's CofE AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Horbury AcademySecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Trinity Academy CathedralSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 50.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 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).