Martin Frobisher Infant School

Community school·Infant school Normanton, Wakefield·WF6 2NU

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Martin Frobisher Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

44 first choices, 44 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 44 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9720220.9720230.9820240.9720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Martin Frobisher Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 161
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

17.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,866

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Altofts Junior Academy Normanton · 0.5 mi 52.2 Normanton Junior Academy Normanton · 1.0 mi 65.6 St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Normanton · 1.2 mi 34.7 Newlands Primary School Normanton · 1.2 mi 24.7 Normanton Common Primary Academy Normanton · 1.3 mi 49.8 Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy Wakefield · 1.7 mi 68.2 Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Wakefield · 1.8 mi 71.7 Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate Wakefield · 2.3 mi 93.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Martin Frobisher Infant School is a primary school serving Normanton, Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 161 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Martin Frobisher Infant School 'Good'.

Martin Frobisher Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 44 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.