Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School

Community school·Primary school Wakefield·WF4 3LZ
Composite score
88.3
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#281
National rank
#27
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#6
In Wakefield
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
91%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
57 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
1.29
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
119
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5320220.9820230.9520241.0220251.292026

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 Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant 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
352
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,839
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School

Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 352 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 91% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 21.0 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 among the top 2% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 75% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (57 first choices for 44 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant 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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