Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School is a state-funded primary school in Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 4 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 608 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 630.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Requires Improvement (7 Jan 2025). 45% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. Admissions data records 55 first-preference applications and 68 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Not judged
Based on 7 Jan 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
Published 9 Feb 2025.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Wakefield |
| Applications open | September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| National offer day | 16 April 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 68 |
| First-preference applications | 55 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 141 |
| First-preference offers | 55 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Subject | School (expected) | School (higher) | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths | 45% | 3% | — |
| Reading | 55% | 23% | 102 |
| Writing | 64% | 3% | — |
| Maths | 61% | 15% | 102 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
24.9 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 3.64% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 1.78% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 50.3% |
| White other | 12.7% |
| Mixed | 8.6% |
| Asian | 17% |
| Black | 8.3% |
| Other | 3% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
63% would recommend this school
96 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 78% |
| Feels safe | 80% |
| Well behaved pupils | 71% |
| Bullying dealt with | 11% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 79% |
| Concerns dealt with | 50% |
| SEND support | 43% |
| High expectations | 72% |
| Child does well | 75% |
| Progress updates | 63% |
| Subject range | 82% |
| Clubs & activities | 93% |
| Personal development | 61% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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