Meadowcroft School
Other independent special school · Wakefield · WF1 4AD
Ages 5–19 · 128 pupils · Wakefield
Attainment 8
2.6
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
EBacc APS: 0.2
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
128 pupils · 146 places
- Pupils on roll
- 128
- Boys / girls
- 102 / 26
- School capacity
- 146
- Capacity fill
- 128 / 146 (88%)
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Other independent special school
Age range
Ages 5–19
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Noreen Cheema
Location
- Address
- 24 Bar Lane
- Postcode
- WF1 4AD
- Town
- Wakefield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed other independent special school, Ages 5–19, in Wakefield, Wakefield, 128 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, independent, special school.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 3SQ · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS248%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM22.2%
- Demand1.09
0.5 miles away
Newton Hill Community School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 2HR · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS273%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM8.1%
- Demand0.88
0.6 miles away
St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 3PF · Wakefield
Ages 4–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM9.8%
- Demand1.11
0.6 miles away
Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 4QY · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM42.3%
- Demand0.95
0.7 miles away
Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Wakefield · WF1 4LU · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS268%
- Absence7.1%
- FSM20.2%
- Demand0.83
0.7 miles away
Outwood Academy City Fields
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Wakefield · WF1 4SF · Wakefield
Ages 11–16
- Att838.6
- P80.1
- EM5+32%
- Absence9.7%
0.7 miles away
Other independent school
Wakefield · WF1 3QX · Wakefield
Ages 7–18
- Att846.3
- EM5+0%
0.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Noreen Cheema
- Telephone
- 01924366242