Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School

Community school·Primary school Wakefield·WF1 3SQ
Composite score
47.2
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#8,306
National rank
#840
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#52
In Wakefield
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
47 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
1.04
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
119
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7320220.9220231.0920240.9620251.042026

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

Wakefield does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
354
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,694
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School at a glance

Located in Wakefield, Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 354 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 92% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (47 first choices for 45 places). Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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