Voluntary aided school · Primary
Wakefield · WF2 6AS · Wakefield
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 141282
Walton Primary Academy
Academy converter · Wakefield · WF2 6LD
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
336
Local authority
Wakefield
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Wakefield, Wakefield, 336 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 8.8%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141282
Location
- Address
- The Grove, Walton
- Postcode
- WF2 6LD
- Town
- Wakefield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 336
- Boys / girls
- 180 / 156
- School capacity
- 367
- Capacity fill
- 336 / 367 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
- FSM pupils
- 29
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: WATERTON ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- WATERTON ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Waterton Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Bean
- Telephone
- 01924967616
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-07-05
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 71%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0