Schools and Education in New Crofton

There are 105 schools within 5 miles of New Crofton town centre, including 67 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 93% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Oakfield Park School, Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School and CAPA College. There are 5 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
105
Primary
67
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
93%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

8
56
Outstanding (8) Good (56) Requires Improvement (5) Not yet inspected (36)
Oakfield Park School Not applicable 3.6 miles Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DT Inspected: 29 April 2025 Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.7 miles Lee Brig, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2LN Inspected: 17 January 2022 CAPA College 16 plus 4.2 miles Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield, WF1 2QN Inspected: 18 March 2022 Trinity Academy Cathedral Secondary 4.2 miles Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF Inspected: 20 July 2022 Crigglestone Nursery School Nursery 4.4 miles High Street, Crigglestone, Wakefield, WF4 3EB Inspected: 03 April 2025 Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Stoney Lane, Hall Green, Wakefield, WF4 3LZ Inspected: 15 July 2024 New College Pontefract 16 plus 4.8 miles Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QR Inspected: 06 July 2023 Kingsland Primary School Not applicable 4.9 miles Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4BA Inspected: 29 September 2023
Crofton Junior School Primary 0.4 miles Slack Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1HJ Inspected: 15 September 2023 Crofton Academy Secondary 0.5 miles High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF Inspected: 26 September 2023 Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School Primary 0.8 miles Shay Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NN Inspected: 27 March 2024 Sharlston Children's Centre 1.3 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Inspected: 09 August 2013 Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 2 miles Chapel Street, Ryhill, Wakefield, WF4 2AD Inspected: 01 February 2024 Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green Primary 2.1 miles Cow Lane, Wakefield, WF4 2BE Inspected: 24 November 2022 St Thomas ? Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary 2.7 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ Inspected: 25 May 2023 Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Primary 2.7 miles Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JB Inspected: 24 June 2024 Sandal Magna Community Academy Primary 2.7 miles Belle Vue Road, Agbrigg, Wakefield, WF1 5NF Inspected: 08 December 2022 Butterflies Children's Centre 2.8 miles Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB Inspected: 13 July 2011 Featherstone Purston Infant School Primary 2.9 miles Nunn's Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5HF Inspected: 29 March 2023 South Hiendley Primary School Primary 2.9 miles George Street, South Hiendley, Barnsley, S72 9BY Inspected: 23 November 2022 The Castle Children's Centre 2.9 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF1 5NU Inspected: 21 October 2010 The Castle Nursery School Nursery 2.9 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF1 5NU Inspected: 17 October 2023 Normanton Junior Academy Primary 3.1 miles Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1EY Inspected: 14 September 2023 Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Primary 3.2 miles Bell Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7JH Inspected: 11 November 2022 St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Beckbridge Lane, Normanton, WF6 2HZ Inspected: 16 January 2024 Kettlethorpe High School Secondary 3.3 miles Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7EL Inspected: 21 September 2022 Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Charles Street, Wakefield, WF1 4PE Inspected: 25 May 2023 Outwood Academy City Fields Secondary 3.4 miles Arncliffe Road, Wakefield, WF1 4SF Inspected: 06 May 2022 Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Primary 3.5 miles Irwin Crescent, Wakefield, WF1 4QY Inspected: 19 October 2022 Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource Primary 3.5 miles Field Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7RU Inspected: 25 September 2023 The Featherstone Academy Secondary 3.5 miles Leatham Crescent, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ Inspected: 25 May 2022 West End Academy Primary 3.6 miles Regent Street, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4QJ Inspected: 14 January 2025 Ivy Lane School Not applicable 3.7 miles Ivy Lane, Ivy Lane, WF1 4AZ Inspected: 27 October 2025 Cedars Children's Centre 3.7 miles Barnsley Road, Hemsworth, Nr Pontefract, WF9 4PU Inspected: 15 July 2011 Normanton Common Primary Academy Primary 3.7 miles Castleford Road, Normanton, WF6 1QU Inspected: 25 September 2024 Pinmoor Children's Centre 3.8 miles Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, WF1 3SQ Inspected: 01 April 2011 Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School Primary 3.8 miles Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, WF1 3SQ Inspected: 12 October 2023 St Helen's CE Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Moorshutt Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4EG Inspected: 23 March 2023 Compass Community School Hemsworth 3.9 miles Highfield Road, Hemsworth, WF9 4EA Inspected: 25 November 2024 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Highfield Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4LJ Inspected: 15 December 2022 Martin Frobisher Infant School Primary 3.9 miles Church Road, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NU Inspected: 21 September 2022 Summerfields Primary Academy Primary 4 miles Haigh Croft, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4SF Inspected: 05 December 2023 Parkside Primary Academy Primary 4 miles Midland Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4QP Inspected: 24 April 2024 Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary 4 miles Station Road, Low Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7HH Inspected: 24 June 2024 Royston St John Baptist CE Primary Primary 4 miles Vicarage Lane, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4QY Inspected: 16 November 2022 Meadowcroft School Not applicable 4.1 miles Bar Lane, Wakefield, WF1 4AD Inspected: 02 July 2024 Wakefield Lawefield Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Chald Lane, Wakefield, WF2 8ST Inspected: 10 September 2024 Heart of Yorkshire Education Group 16 plus 4.2 miles Margaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH Inspected: 13 November 2023 Lift Shafton Primary 4.3 miles High Street, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8QA Inspected: 04 December 2024 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School Primary 4.3 miles The Mount, Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QW Inspected: 31 January 2023 Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy Primary 4.3 miles Durkar Lane, Wakefield, WF4 3HY Inspected: 01 February 2024 Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Beech Close, Brierley, Barnsley, S72 9EJ Inspected: 12 July 2024 Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Primary 4.4 miles Belgravia Road, Wakefield, WF1 3JP Inspected: 19 October 2023 Outwood Academy Carlton Secondary 4.7 miles Royston Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3EW Inspected: 02 December 2024 The King's School Secondary 4.7 miles Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF Inspected: 28 November 2022 Newton Hill Community School Primary 4.7 miles Leeds Road, Newton Hill, Wakefield, WF1 2HR Inspected: 30 September 2024 Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Primary 4.8 miles Painthorpe Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield, WF4 3HW Inspected: 10 February 2025 Acorn Children's Centre 4.8 miles College Grove, Castleford, WF10 5NS Inspected: 17 April 2012 Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Primary 4.8 miles College Grove, Whitwood, Castleford, WF10 5NS Inspected: 04 May 2023 Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4HS Inspected: 19 January 2022 St Michael's CofE Academy Primary 4.8 miles Flanshaw Lane, Wakefield, WF2 9JA Inspected: 18 April 2024 Carlton Primary Academy Primary 4.9 miles Fish Dam Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HF Inspected: 26 July 2023 Stanley Children's Centre 4.9 miles Long Causeway, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4JB Inspected: 25 July 2013 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract Primary 4.9 miles Newgate, Pontefract, WF8 4AA Inspected: 21 May 2024
Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 1.7 miles Belmont Street, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DJ Inspected: 17 November 2023 Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary 2.9 miles Wakefield Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5BG Inspected: 18 April 2024 Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd) Not applicable 4 miles Wood Lane, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, WF4 3JL Inspected: 19 September 2024 Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School Primary 4.9 miles Batley Road, Flanshaw, Wakefield, WF2 0AS Inspected: 08 July 2024 Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Broadway, Wakefield, WF2 8AA Inspected: 11 September 2024
Crofton Infant School Primary 0.4 miles High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NG Enrich Academy Not applicable 0.9 miles Pontefract Road, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1LL Sharlston Community School Primary 1.3 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Hammer Lane Academy Not applicable 1.3 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Walton Primary Academy Primary 1.7 miles The Grove, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6LD Fitzwilliam Primary School Primary 2 miles Second Avenue, Pontefract, WF9 5BA King's Meadow Academy Primary 2.4 miles Kinsley House Crescent, Pontefract, WF9 5BP Oakhill Children's Centre 2.7 miles Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JB Inspected: 29 January 2013 Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6AS Newlands Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB Outwood Academy Freeston Secondary 2.9 miles Favell Avenue, Normanton, WF6 1HZ Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School Primary 3.2 miles High Street, Normanton, WF6 1NR Ackworth School Not applicable 3.4 miles Pontefract Road, Ackworth, West Yorkshire, WF7 7LT Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Gordon Street, Pontefract, WF7 6LW Inspected: 01 February 2024 Normanton Altofts Junior School Primary 3.5 miles Ash Tree Gardens, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NF Altofts Junior Academy Primary 3.5 miles Ash Tree Gardens, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NF Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Primary 3.6 miles Greenhill Road, Eastmoor, Wakefield, WF1 4LU Ackworth Mill Dam School Primary 3.7 miles Millgate, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7PH Outwood Academy Hemsworth Secondary 3.7 miles Woodlands Crescent, Pontefract, WF9 4AB Hendal Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Hendal Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7QW Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Primary 3.8 miles North Close, Pontefract, WF7 6BQ St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD St Austin's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Edward Street, Wakefield, WF1 3PF Grove Lea Primary School Primary 4.1 miles The Haverlands, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4BQ Lift Meadstead Primary 4.2 miles Meadstead Drive, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4JS Wakefield Girls' High School Not applicable 4.2 miles Bond Street, Wakefield, WF1 2QS Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Not applicable 4.2 miles Bar Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3QX Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School Not applicable 4.3 miles Margaret Street, Wakefield, Wakefield, WF1 2DG Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy Primary 4.4 miles Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4NT Larks Hill Junior and Infant School Primary 4.5 miles Larks Hill, Pontefract, WF8 4RJ Sunbeam Children's Centre 4.6 miles Lupset Crescent, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8RH Inspected: 26 November 2010 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.7 miles Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW Cherry Dale Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Royston Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8AA Forest Wood Childrens Centre 4.8 miles Painthorpe Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield, WF4 3HW Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Primary 4.9 miles Moxon Close, Carleton Park, Pontefract, WF8 3PT English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 4.9 miles Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9DD Inspected: 01 February 2024