Schools and Education in Lofthouse Gate

There are 154 schools within 5 miles of Lofthouse Gate town centre, including 95 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 93% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate, Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane and Kingsland Primary School. Parents should note that 8 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
154
Primary
95
Secondary
16
Good / Outstanding
93%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

13
94
Outstanding (13) Good (94) Requires Improvement (8) Not yet inspected (39)
Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate Primary 0.2 miles Canal Lane, Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield, WF3 3HU Inspected: 16 June 2023 Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane Primary 0.6 miles Ledger Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PH Inspected: 18 July 2025 Kingsland Primary School 1.3 miles Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4BA Inspected: 29 September 2023 Jerry Clay Academy Primary 1.9 miles Jerry Clay Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0NP Inspected: 23 November 2023 Hall Cliffe Primary School 1.9 miles Wrenthorpe Lane, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0QB Inspected: 01 August 2023 Oulton Academy Secondary 2 miles Pennington Lane, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8EX Inspected: 03 May 2024 Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Royds Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0BJ Inspected: 09 May 2024 CAPA College 16 plus 2.3 miles Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield, WF1 2QN Inspected: 18 March 2022 Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Primary 2.6 miles Lee Brig, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2LN Inspected: 17 January 2022 Trinity Academy Cathedral Secondary 3.2 miles Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF Inspected: 20 July 2022 Cockburn School Secondary 4.1 miles Gipsy Lane, Gipsy Lane, Leeds, LS11 5TT Inspected: 29 April 2022 Elliott Hudson College 16 plus 4.6 miles Millshaw Park Lane, Leeds, LS11 0LT Inspected: 12 June 2024 St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston Primary 4.8 miles Back Cross Flatts Row, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 7JS Inspected: 06 March 2024
Rooks Nest Academy Primary 0.5 miles Rook's Nest Road, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 3DX Inspected: 19 May 2023 Stanley Children's Centre 0.7 miles Long Causeway, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4JB Inspected: 25 July 2013 Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 0.7 miles Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4HS Inspected: 19 January 2022 Outwood Grange Academy Secondary 0.9 miles Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PF Inspected: 10 June 2024 Rodillian Academy Secondary 1 miles Robertsgate, Lofthouse, Wakefield, WF3 3PS Inspected: 05 March 2025 Newton Hill Community School Primary 1.2 miles Leeds Road, Newton Hill, Wakefield, WF1 2HR Inspected: 30 September 2024 Meadowcroft School 1.4 miles Bar Lane, Wakefield, WF1 4AD Inspected: 02 July 2024 Pinderfields Hospital PRU 1.5 miles Imperial Avenue, Imperial Avenue, Wakefield, WF2 0LW Inspected: 10 May 2023 Robin Hood Primary School Primary 1.6 miles St Davids Close, Robin Hood, Wakefield, WF3 3BG Inspected: 11 July 2023 Carlton Primary School Primary 1.7 miles New Road, Carlton, Wakefield, WF3 3RE Inspected: 03 February 2025 Thorpe Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Lynton Avenue, Thorpe, Wakefield, WF3 3DG Inspected: 19 May 2023 Ivy Lane School 1.8 miles Ivy Lane, Ivy Lane, WF1 4AZ Inspected: 27 October 2025 Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Primary 1.9 miles Belgravia Road, Wakefield, WF1 3JP Inspected: 19 October 2023 Pinmoor Children's Centre 1.9 miles Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, WF1 3SQ Inspected: 01 April 2011 Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School Primary 1.9 miles Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, WF1 3SQ Inspected: 12 October 2023 Outwood Academy City Fields Secondary 2 miles Arncliffe Road, Wakefield, WF1 4SF Inspected: 06 May 2022 Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Primary 2 miles Irwin Crescent, Wakefield, WF1 4QY Inspected: 19 October 2022 Rothwell Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Talbot Terrace, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0DJ Inspected: 27 September 2023 Heart of Yorkshire Education Group 16 plus 2.1 miles Margaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH Inspected: 13 November 2023 Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Primary 2.3 miles St Paul's Drive, Alverthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0BT Inspected: 11 November 2022 Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Charles Street, Wakefield, WF1 4PE Inspected: 25 May 2023 Martin Frobisher Infant School Primary 2.5 miles Church Road, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NU Inspected: 21 September 2022 Wakefield Lawefield Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Chald Lane, Wakefield, WF2 8ST Inspected: 10 September 2024 Rothwell Children's Centre 2.7 miles Cornwall Crescent, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0RA Inspected: 17 February 2011 Victoria Junior School Primary 2.7 miles Cornwall Crescent, Wood Lane, Leeds, LS26 0RA Inspected: 07 July 2023 Sharp Lane Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Thorstle Road North, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 4QE Inspected: 23 December 2023 Elements Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Acre Mount, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 4WR Inspected: 16 March 2023 Clapgate Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Cranmore Drive, Leeds, LS10 4AW Inspected: 23 September 2024 Middleton Children's Centre 2.8 miles Middleton Park Avenue, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 4HY Inspected: 07 October 2011 Cockburn Haigh Road Academy Primary 2.8 miles High Ridge Park, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0NQ Inspected: 26 January 2024 Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Secondary 2.8 miles Middleton Park Road, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 4AX Inspected: 08 July 2024 St Michael's CofE Academy Primary 2.9 miles Flanshaw Lane, Wakefield, WF2 9JA Inspected: 18 April 2024 Ardsley and Tingley Children's Centre 3 miles Smithy Lane, Smithy Lane, Wakefield, WF3 1QQ Inspected: 13 April 2015 Oulton Primary School Primary 3 miles Green Lea, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8NT Inspected: 17 November 2022 Broomfield South SILC 3.1 miles Broom Place, Leeds, LS10 3JP Inspected: 17 May 2023 Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Moor Flatts Road, Leeds, LS10 3SW Inspected: 18 July 2022 Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource Primary 3.2 miles Field Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7RU Inspected: 25 September 2023 St Philip's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles St Philips Avenue, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 3SL Inspected: 22 December 2023 Westwood Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Bodmin Garth, Leeds, LS10 4NU Inspected: 05 February 2024 Butterflies Children's Centre 3.3 miles Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB Inspected: 13 July 2011 Normanton Junior Academy Primary 3.4 miles Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1EY Inspected: 14 September 2023 Springwell Leeds Academy 3.4 miles Middleton Road, Leeds, LS10 3JA Inspected: 21 May 2025 Southway Independent School 3.4 miles Middleton Road, Leeds, LS10 3JA Inspected: 12 September 2025 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School Primary 3.4 miles The Mount, Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QW Inspected: 31 January 2023 The Castle Children's Centre 3.4 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF1 5NU Inspected: 21 October 2010 The Castle Nursery School Nursery 3.4 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF1 5NU Inspected: 17 October 2023 Hill Top Primary Academy Primary 3.4 miles Batley Road, West Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 1HD Inspected: 25 September 2024 Woodlesford Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Church Street, Woodlesford, Leeds, LS26 8RD Inspected: 28 June 2023 Sandal Magna Community Academy Primary 3.5 miles Belle Vue Road, Agbrigg, Wakefield, WF1 5NF Inspected: 08 December 2022 Westerton Primary Academy Primary 3.5 miles Hesketh Lane, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1AR Inspected: 07 December 2023 Windmill Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Windmill Road, Leeds, LS10 3HQ Inspected: 25 April 2024 Windmill Children's Centre 3.5 miles Windmill Road, Windmill Road, Leeds, LS10 3HG Inspected: 21 April 2011 Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Wakefield Road, Flushdyke, Ossett, WF5 9AN Inspected: 11 November 2022 Evolve Academy 3.6 miles St George's Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8BB Inspected: 05 July 2024 St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Beckbridge Lane, Normanton, WF6 2HZ Inspected: 16 January 2024 Normanton Common Primary Academy Primary 3.8 miles Castleford Road, Normanton, WF6 1QU Inspected: 25 September 2024 St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ Inspected: 25 May 2023 Highfield School 3.9 miles Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS Inspected: 30 January 2024 Towngate Primary Academy Primary 3.9 miles Whitley Spring Road, Ossett, WF5 0QA Inspected: 20 November 2024 Cockburn John Charles Academy Secondary 3.9 miles Definitive Bridleway LEEDS 203, Leeds, LS10 2JU Inspected: 17 June 2022 Woodkirk Academy Secondary 4 miles Rein Road, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1JQ Inspected: 15 May 2023 Ossett South Parade Primary Primary 4 miles Fairfield Road, South Parade, Wakefield, WF5 0DZ Inspected: 07 May 2024 Hunslet Carr Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Woodhouse Hill Road, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2DN Inspected: 20 January 2022 Gawthorpe Community Academy Primary 4.2 miles High Street, Gawthorpe, Ossett, WF5 9QP Inspected: 03 March 2023 Methley Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Savile Road, Methley, Leeds, LS26 9HT Inspected: 14 November 2022 South Ossett Infant Academy Primary 4.5 miles Vicar Lane, Ossett, WF5 0BE Inspected: 01 February 2024 Horbury Primary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Northfield Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DW Inspected: 09 February 2023 Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery Primary 4.5 miles Dimple Wells Lane, Ossett, WF5 8LB Inspected: 09 December 2022 Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School Primary 4.6 miles Shay Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NN Inspected: 27 March 2024 Sharlston Children's Centre 4.6 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Inspected: 09 August 2013 Hunslet Children's Centre 4.7 miles Whitfield Avenue, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2QE Inspected: 01 December 2011 St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 0DQ Inspected: 13 January 2025 Hunslet Moor Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Fairford Avenue, Leeds, LS11 5EL Inspected: 14 June 2024 Cottingley and Two Willows Children's Centre 4.7 miles Cardinal Square, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 8HS Inspected: 23 May 2012 Morley South Children's Centre 4.7 miles Appleby Way, Appleby Way, Leeds, LS27 8LA Inspected: 25 June 2015 Seven Hills Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Appleby Way, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8LA Inspected: 06 July 2023 Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary 4.8 miles Malin Road, Hanging Heaton, Batley, WF17 6DW Inspected: 07 February 2023 Queenswood School 4.8 miles Queen Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 9EB Inspected: 09 November 2023 Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Secondary 4.8 miles Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG Inspected: 20 February 2023 The Stephen Longfellow Academy 4.8 miles Global Avenue, Phoenix House, Leeds, LS11 8PG Inspected: 13 March 2025 Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Shepstye Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5BE Inspected: 26 July 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet Primary 4.8 miles Joseph Street, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2AD Inspected: 05 December 2023 Kettlethorpe High School Secondary 4.8 miles Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7EL Inspected: 21 September 2022 Chickenley Earlsheaton & Shawcross Children's Centre 4.8 miles Princess Crescent, Chickenley, Dewsbury, WF12 8QT Inspected: 04 November 2011 Orchard Primary Academy Primary 4.8 miles Princess Crescent, Chickenley, Dewsbury, WF12 8QT Inspected: 21 September 2022 Acorn Children's Centre 4.9 miles College Grove, Castleford, WF10 5NS Inspected: 17 April 2012 Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Primary 4.9 miles College Grove, Whitwood, Castleford, WF10 5NS Inspected: 04 May 2023 Crofton Academy Secondary 4.9 miles High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF Inspected: 26 September 2023 Hugh Gaitskell Primary School Primary 4.9 miles St Anthony's Drive, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 8AB Inspected: 26 November 2021 Morley North Children's Centre 4.9 miles Queen Street, Queen Street, Leeds, LS27 9DY Inspected: 16 August 2011 Crofton Junior School Primary 4.9 miles Slack Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1HJ Inspected: 15 September 2023 Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy Primary 4.9 miles Methley Road, Castleford, WF10 1PN Inspected: 22 December 2023 Beeston Primary School Primary 5 miles Kirk Beston Close, Leeds, LS11 8PN Inspected: 13 January 2023 Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary 5 miles N/A, Dewsbury, WF12 7LX Inspected: 11 June 2024
Lofthouse Children's Centre 1 miles Robertsgate, Lofthouse, Wakefield, WF3 3PS Inspected: 24 April 2014 Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School Primary 2.4 miles Batley Road, Flanshaw, Wakefield, WF2 0AS Inspected: 08 July 2024 Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Broadway, Wakefield, WF2 8AA Inspected: 11 September 2024 Hall Cliffe School 4.5 miles Dovecote Lane, Wakefield, WF4 6BB Inspected: 17 December 2025 Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.6 miles Belmont Street, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DJ Inspected: 17 November 2023 Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.6 miles Leeds Road, Shaw Cross, Dewsbury, WF12 7HP Inspected: 15 May 2024 New Bewerley Children's Centre 4.9 miles Bismarck Drive, Bismarck Drive, Leeds, LS11 6TB Inspected: 10 October 2013 New Bewerley Community School Primary 4.9 miles Bismarck Drive, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 6TB Inspected: 17 October 2023
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy Primary 1 miles Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4NT Wrenthorpe Academy Primary 1.5 miles Imperial Avenue, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0LW East Ardsley Primary Academy Primary 1.8 miles Main Street, East Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 2BA Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 1.9 miles Bar Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3QX St Austin's Catholic Primary School Primary 2 miles Edward Street, Wakefield, WF1 3PF Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School 2 miles Margaret Street, Wakefield, Wakefield, WF1 2DG Wakefield Girls' High School 2.1 miles Bond Street, Wakefield, WF1 2QS Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Primary 2.1 miles Greenhill Road, Eastmoor, Wakefield, WF1 4LU Silcoates School 2.1 miles Silcoates Lane, Wrenthorpe, West Yorkshire, WF2 0PD Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate Primary 2.5 miles Brandy Carr Road, Kirkhamgate, Wakefield, WF2 0RS Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell Primary 2.7 miles Queensway, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0NB Normanton Altofts Junior School Primary 2.9 miles Ash Tree Gardens, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NF Middleton Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Middleton Park Avenue, Leeds, LS10 4HU Blackgates Primary Academy Primary 3 miles Smithy Lane, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1QQ English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 3 miles Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9DD Inspected: 01 February 2024 Newlands Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB Sunbeam Children's Centre 3.4 miles Lupset Crescent, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8RH Inspected: 26 November 2010 Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School Primary 3.5 miles High Street, Normanton, WF6 1NR Outwood Academy Freeston Secondary 3.6 miles Favell Avenue, Normanton, WF6 1HZ Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6AS Morley Newlands Academy Primary 4.2 miles Wide Lane, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8PG Inspected: 03 December 2024 Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Church Street, Ossett, WF5 9DG Horbury Academy Secondary 4.4 miles Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary 4.4 miles Belgrave Avenue, Ossett, WF5 8BA Enrich Academy 4.4 miles Pontefract Road, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1LL St Marys Church of England Primary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Church Street, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2QY Low Road Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Belinda Street, Off Church Street, Leeds, LS10 2PS Inspected: 28 November 2023 Sharlston Community School Primary 4.6 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Hammer Lane Academy 4.6 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Shaw Cross Children's Centre 4.6 miles Leeds Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7HP Park View Primary Academy Primary 4.6 miles Harlech Road, Leeds, LS11 7DG Lydgate Junior and Infant School Primary 4.7 miles Lydgate Road, Soothill, Batley, WF17 6EY Swillington Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Church Lane, Swillington, Leeds, LS26 8DX The Morley Academy Secondary 4.8 miles Oddfellow Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0PD St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 4.9 miles Lady Pit Lane, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 6RX Walton Primary Academy Primary 4.9 miles The Grove, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6LD Greenmount Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Buckley Avenue, Leeds, LS11 6BA The Grange School 4.9 miles Methley Road, Castleford, WF10 1PN Inspected: 13 January 2025 Crofton Infant School Primary 5 miles High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NG