Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane

Academy converter·Primary school Wakefield·WF1 2PH
Composite score
67.8
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#2,093
National rank
#199
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#23
In Wakefield
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
54 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
162
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020221.1020230.8720241.0520250.922026

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 Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane. 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
458
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,419
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane is a primary school serving Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 458 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above 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 among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane 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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