Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green

About Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green

Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green is a state primary school in Wakefield, serving 225 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the local authority’s rankings for Key Stage 2 outcomes, it sits 35th out of 97 primary schools, placing it comfortably within the top half of its peers. The three highest-ranked schools in the area — Jerry Clay Academy, Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy, and Larks Hill Junior and Infant School — all share a ranking score of 93, which gives a sense of the competitive landscape. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Grove Lea Primary School, about 4.4 kilometres away. Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green itself holds a Good rating, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2015. The school’s leadership and management were singled out as Outstanding in the most recent 2022 inspection, while all other categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision — were rated Good.

Academically, the school performs above the local authority average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Wakefield average of 64%. In reading, 77% met the expected standard and 23% achieved the higher standard; in maths, the figures were 77% and 20% respectively. The average scaled scores for both reading and maths were 105, which is in line with the national average of 100. Writing saw 77% at expected and 20% at the higher standard. The school’s ranking score of 70 places it in the top 50 nationally for the KS2 expected standard metric, and it ranks 425th out of 1,506 primary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

The school offers a nursery provision for children from age three, and its facilities include a sports hall, music rooms, art studios, a forest school, a sensory room, an outdoor playground and a dining hall. Sports on offer include football, netball, cricket and tennis, while clubs range from gardening and art to chess and drama. The school has a strong focus on SEND support, with provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: it received 34 applications for 17 places, with 16 of those coming as first preferences. This suggests it is a popular choice among local families, particularly those who value a school that has improved its Ofsted rating and offers a broad range of facilities and support.

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