De Lacy Primary School
Chequerfield Lane, Pontefract WF8 2TG
- Pupils
- 336
- Free school meals
- 48.9%
- SEN
- 16.1%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- Attendance
- 94.8%
- Persistent absence
- 16.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 94% met expected standard (KS2)
Schools in WF8 postcode district
Schools in postcode district WF8. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider WF8 area.
Covers: Carleton, Carleton Park, Darrington, Kirk Smeaton, and New
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of WF8. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
Neighbourhood & area context
Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district WF8 (schools and local averages on this page), and Wakefield (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.
Add your full home postcode in the green box above to see how your street compares with postcode district WF8 and Wakefield.
Postcode district WF8
Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same WF8 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).
- Schools in district
- 17 (12 primary, 3 secondary)
- Average attendance
- 94.1%
- Average free school meals
- 23.4%
- Average SEN
- 23.2%
- Average EAL
- 6%
- Deprivation around local schools
- Slightly more deprived than average for England
- Average house price
- £199,323 (+4.7% year on year)
- Flood risk
- Low
- Broadband
- Gigabit available (93%+ premises, 300+ Mbps)
- Green space
- Good – parks and playing fields within walking distance
- Council tax
- Typical band A–B
Wider area: Wakefield
Census and crime for Wakefield. Useful context for the borough or council — not broken down to your village or street.
- Population
- 353,375
- Households
- 143,649
- Aged under 18
- 20.8%
- Aged 16–64 (approx.)
- 60.4%
- Aged 65+
- 18.8%
- Ethnicity
- White 93%, Asian 4%, Mixed 1%
- Crimes (estimated)
- 51,098
- Crimes per 1,000 (estimated)
- 144.6
About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Wakefield. Crime figures are rough estimates, not police records for your postcode.
Map of schools in this area
The map shows 17 schools in postcode district WF8 (16 within your 3 mile list filter — others are faded). Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
How far from the WF8 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in WF8 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from WF8 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
Show schools within:
3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every WF8 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.
Schools (within 3 miles of WF8 centre)
Sorted by distance from WF8 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of WF8. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.
The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School
Carleton Road, Carleton, Pontefract WF8 3NP
- Pupils
- 320
- Free school meals
- 20.5%
- SEN
- 22.5%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 4.1%
- Attendance
- 96.2%
- Persistent absence
- 8.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 85% met expected standard (KS2)
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School
Moxon Close, Carleton Park, Pontefract WF8 3PT
- Pupils
- 203
- Free school meals
- 21.7%
- SEN
- 10.8%
- EAL
- 5.9%
- Attendance
- 96.5%
- Persistent absence
- 9.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 96% met expected standard (KS2)
Cherry Tree Academy
Cobblers Lane, Pontefract WF8 2HN
- Pupils
- 240
- Free school meals
- 49.8%
- SEN
- 23.8%
- EAL
- 9.6%
- Attendance
- 94.5%
- Persistent absence
- 16.8%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 18% met expected standard (KS2)
Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Cobblers Lane, Pontefract WF8 2HN
- Pupils
- 196
- Free school meals
- 27%
- SEN
- 21.4%
- EAL
- 11.2%
- Attendance
- 95.6%
- Persistent absence
- 11.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 80% met expected standard (KS2)
St Giles C of E Academy
St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract WF8 1HG
- Pupils
- 349
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- SEN
- 22.9%
- EAL
- 9.7%
- Attendance
- 94.1%
- Persistent absence
- 19%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 83% met expected standard (KS2)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract
Newgate, Pontefract WF8 4AA
- Pupils
- 227
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- SEN
- 19.4%
- EAL
- 20.7%
- Attendance
- 97.1%
- Persistent absence
- 4.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 56% met expected standard (KS2)
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School
Larks Hill, Pontefract WF8 4RJ
- Pupils
- 202
- Free school meals
- 6.4%
- SEN
- 10.9%
- EAL
- 1%
- Attendance
- 96.6%
- Persistent absence
- 4.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 93% met expected standard (KS2)
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract WF8 4BW
- Pupils
- 437
- Free school meals
- 25%
- SEN
- 16.5%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- Attendance
- 95.4%
- Persistent absence
- 12.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 93% met expected standard (KS2)
Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School
Orchard Head Lane, Pontefract WF8 2NJ
- Pupils
- 358
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- SEN
- 17.9%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- Attendance
- 95.9%
- Persistent absence
- 9.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 69% met expected standard (KS2)
Darrington Church of England Primary School
Denby Crest, Darrington, Pontefract WF8 3SB
- Pupils
- 129
- Free school meals
- 8.4%
- SEN
- 17.1%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- Attendance
- 95.2%
- Persistent absence
- 9.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 54% met expected standard (KS2)
Carleton High School
Green Lane, Carleton, Pontefract WF8 3NW
- Pupils
- 1021
- Free school meals
- 29.8%
- SEN
- 16.5%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 2.5%
- Attendance
- 93.8%
- Persistent absence
- 14.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 48
The King's School
Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract WF8 4JF
- Pupils
- 1038
- Free school meals
- 24%
- SEN
- 14.5%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- Attendance
- 95%
- Persistent absence
- 11.2%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 51.3
New College Pontefract
Park Lane, Pontefract WF8 4QR
- Pupils
- 0
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- –
- EAL
- –
- Attendance
- –
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- –
High Well School
Rookhill Road, Pontefract WF8 2DD
- Pupils
- 103
- Free school meals
- 76.7%
- SEN
- 100%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 0%
- Attendance
- 74.1%
- Persistent absence
- 58.2%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 1.8
Harewood Centre Nursery School
Harewood Avenue, Pontefract WF8 2ER
- Pupils
- 59
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- –
- EAL
- 6.8%
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
Guide to school and area statistics
A short key for the statistics shown on this page for WF8. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.
- School type
- How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
- Trust
- The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
- Age range
- Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
- Ofsted
- Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
- Straight-line miles
- Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
- Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
- Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
- Pupils
- Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
- Free school meals
- Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
- SEN
- Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
- SEN provision
- Extra on-site support such as a resourced provision or SEN unit.
- English as an additional language (EAL)
- Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
- Attendance
- Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
- Persistent absence
- Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
- Admissions pressure
- Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
- Attainment
- Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
- Attainment vs local
- Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.
- Area rating (stars)
- A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
- Schools in district
- How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
- Average attendance
- Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
- Average free school meals
- Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
- Average SEN
- Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
- Average EAL
- Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
- Deprivation
- How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
- Average house price
- Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
- Flood risk
- Indicative summary — check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
- Broadband
- General picture of speeds and availability — check with providers at your address.
- Green space
- Brief summary of access to parks or countryside nearby.
- Council tax
- Typical band for the area — your exact band depends on the property.
- Your home neighbourhood
- When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
- Population, households, ethnicity and age
- Census figures for the local council area — not your street or this postcode district alone.
- Crime figures
- Often a rough council-wide estimate, not police records for your postcode. Badges compare to the national average when we have recorded data.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
- Distance filter
- Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
- About these figures
- School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.