Wakefield school admissions

For a September 2027 start, secondary applications close on 31 Oct 2026 and primary applications on 15 Jan 2027. Always confirm details on the council's own admissions page.

How to apply

Apply online through the council where you live, naming several schools in order of preference — including schools in other council areas. Every preference is considered equally against each school's admission criteria, and you're offered the highest-ranked school that can offer you a place.

We haven't yet confirmed the council's admissions page link.

GOV.UK: School admissions

Key dates for September 2027

Secondary applications close	31 Oct 2026	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Primary (reception) applications close	15 Jan 2027	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Secondary national offer day	1 Mar 2027	1 March or next working day
Primary national offer day	16 Apr 2027	16 April or next working day

Appeals

The council hasn't published a single appeal date we've confirmed. By law you must have at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter.

Source: School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Applications and offers by school, 2026/27

Catchment areas and admission decisions are made by the school's admissions authority (the local council or, for academies and many faith schools, the school or trust). Distances and past figures don't guarantee a place.

Secondary schools (18)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Airedale Academy	155	205	144	144	1.3 per offer
Ark Carleton High School	199	470	251	199	2.4 per offer
Ark The King's School	207	487	188	181	2.4 per offer
Castleford Academy	280	433	291	278	1.5 per offer
Crofton Academy	202	399	201	194	2.0 per offer
De Lacy Academy	161	200	155	154	1.2 per offer
Horbury Academy	198	596	234	191	3.0 per offer
Kettlethorpe High School	287	473	224	224	1.6 per offer
Minsthorpe Community College	279	312	269	269	1.1 per offer
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	292	452	236	236	1.5 per offer
Outwood Academy City Fields	171	257	131	131	1.5 per offer
Outwood Academy Freeston	175	238	170	170	1.4 per offer
Outwood Academy Hemsworth	207	283	186	186	1.4 per offer
Outwood Grange Academy	354	574	291	291	1.6 per offer
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy	137	448	201	125	3.3 per offer
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy	272	586	263	263	2.2 per offer
The Featherstone Academy	98	231	96	96	2.4 per offer
Trinity Academy Cathedral	196	596	311	183	3.0 per offer

Primary schools (105)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy	43	117	73	42	2.7 per offer
Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School	29	71	28	28	2.4 per offer
Ackworth Mill Dam School	24	65	23	23	2.7 per offer
Airedale Infant Academy	39	84	38	38	2.2 per offer
Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs	29	70	28	28	2.4 per offer
Ark Carleton Park Primary School	30	96	34	30	3.2 per offer
Ark De Lacy Primary School	44	97	44	43	2.2 per offer
Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School	49	89	43	43	1.8 per offer
Ark Larks Hill Primary School	29	89	29	29	3.1 per offer
Ark Northfield Primary School	45	70	46	44	1.6 per offer
Ark Orchard Head Primary School	45	92	55	45	2.0 per offer
Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary School	32	86	30	30	2.7 per offer
Ash Grove Primary Academy	23	53	22	22	2.3 per offer
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School	22	64	22	22	2.9 per offer
Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy	45	79	34	34	1.8 per offer
Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery	33	80	30	30	2.4 per offer
Cherry Tree Academy	23	59	22	22	2.6 per offer
Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School	44	119	57	43	2.7 per offer
Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School	24	61	23	23	2.5 per offer
Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy	45	105	40	39	2.3 per offer
Crofton Infant School	47	85	46	46	1.8 per offer
Darrington Church of England Primary School	15	39	18	15	2.6 per offer
Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery	43	93	43	43	2.2 per offer
England Lane Academy	21	54	21	21	2.6 per offer
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	24	55	23	23	2.3 per offer
Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford	58	92	57	57	1.6 per offer
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy	30	67	33	28	2.2 per offer
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School	23	45	22	22	2.0 per offer
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School	41	82	39	39	2.0 per offer
Featherstone Purston Infant School	56	83	55	55	1.5 per offer
Fitzwilliam Primary School	30	54	31	30	1.8 per offer
Gawthorpe Community Academy	30	54	30	30	1.8 per offer
Glasshoughton Infant Academy	60	146	57	56	2.4 per offer
Grove Lea Primary School	30	74	38	30	2.5 per offer
Half Acres Primary Academy	57	119	47	47	2.1 per offer
Hendal Primary School	37	93	33	33	2.5 per offer
Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	21	59	20	20	2.8 per offer
Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy	15	61	13	13	4.1 per offer
Horbury Primary Academy	60	135	66	58	2.3 per offer
Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School	26	74	24	24	2.8 per offer
Jerry Clay Academy	27	156	58	27	5.8 per offer
King's Meadow Academy	33	48	30	30	1.5 per offer
Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School	45	99	42	42	2.2 per offer
Martin Frobisher Infant School	44	89	44	44	2.0 per offer
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource	29	50	25	25	1.7 per offer
Middlestown Primary Academy	25	41	22	22	1.6 per offer
Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource	20	62	17	17	3.1 per offer
Newlands Primary School	30	59	28	28	2.0 per offer
Newton Hill Community School	44	134	38	38	3.0 per offer
Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School	68	121	65	65	1.8 per offer
Normanton Common Primary Academy	45	105	50	44	2.3 per offer
Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School	11	68	11	11	6.2 per offer
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School	42	83	41	41	2.0 per offer
Ossett South Parade Primary	47	104	46	46	2.2 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane	33	67	33	33	2.0 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill	29	107	37	29	3.7 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate	28	85	30	24	3.0 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane	59	162	54	52	2.7 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate	39	109	37	37	2.8 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green	19	32	19	19	1.7 per offer
Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill	55	115	47	47	2.1 per offer
Oyster Park Primary Academy	26	46	26	26	1.8 per offer
Rooks Nest Academy	43	120	41	41	2.8 per offer
Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School	25	45	24	24	1.8 per offer
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	10	33	9	9	3.3 per offer
Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School	68	141	55	55	2.1 per offer
Sandal Magna Community Academy	30	87	44	30	2.9 per offer
Sharlston Community School	29	47	29	29	1.6 per offer
Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School	30	85	32	28	2.8 per offer
Simpson's Lane Academy	41	66	41	41	1.6 per offer
Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School	25	41	24	24	1.6 per offer
Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy	57	134	58	53	2.4 per offer
South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School	60	113	64	60	1.9 per offer
South Hiendley Primary School	19	36	17	17	1.9 per offer
South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School	48	73	47	47	1.5 per offer
South Ossett Infant Academy	19	69	19	19	3.6 per offer
St Austin's Catholic Primary School	40	87	36	36	2.2 per offer
St Botolphs CE Academy	30	47	30	29	1.6 per offer
St Giles C of E Academy	42	80	41	41	1.9 per offer
St Helen's CE Primary School	24	48	23	23	2.0 per offer
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School	9	29	9	9	3.2 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford	25	65	24	24	2.6 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract	21	57	21	21	2.7 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe	26	49	25	25	1.9 per offer
St Michael's CofE Academy	57	119	56	56	2.1 per offer
St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School	27	65	27	27	2.4 per offer
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy	30	118	40	30	3.9 per offer
Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	34	64	28	28	1.9 per offer
Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School	11	16	11	11	1.5 per offer
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School	24	76	22	22	3.2 per offer
The Vale Primary Academy	27	72	26	26	2.7 per offer
Towngate Primary Academy	41	98	41	41	2.4 per offer
Townville Academy	20	48	20	20	2.4 per offer
Upton Primary School	48	67	48	48	1.4 per offer
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School	44	104	43	43	2.4 per offer
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School	45	77	44	44	1.7 per offer
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School	45	119	47	43	2.6 per offer
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School	46	70	45	45	1.5 per offer
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School	29	96	29	24	3.3 per offer
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	30	65	33	27	2.2 per offer
Walton Primary Academy	45	121	45	42	2.7 per offer
West Bretton Junior and Infant School	14	49	21	14	3.5 per offer
West End Academy	20	46	19	18	2.3 per offer
Willow Green Academy	27	55	25	25	2.0 per offer
Wrenthorpe Academy	42	116	30	30	2.8 per offer

Source: DfE secondary and primary school applications and offers (Open Government Licence v3.0).

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Questions

When is the Wakefield secondary school application deadline?

31 October for a September start, set nationally by the School Admissions Code. Late applications are usually considered only after on-time ones.

How long do I have to appeal?

Admission authorities must give you at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter (usually offer day). Many councils publish a specific date — use the council's date where shown.

Does this page tell me my chance of getting a place?

No. Places depend on each school's oversubscription criteria, which change every year. Only the admissions authority decides.