Ossett South Parade Primary

Community school·Primary school Wakefield·WF5 0DZ
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
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
46 first choices, 47 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
104
any preference, for 47 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.9420231.0020240.9320250.982026

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

Every child who put Ossett South Parade Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
428
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,253
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Ossett South Parade Primary at a glance

Located in Wakefield, Ossett South Parade Primary is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 428 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 is down 1.0 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Ossett South Parade Primary was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 46 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Ossett South Parade Primary 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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