Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School

Academy converter·Infant school Normanton, Wakefield·WF6 2LN

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery 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%

42 first choices, 45 places

First choices per place

0.93

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 45 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020221.0420230.9820240.9420250.932026

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

Every child who put Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery 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

New framework · Last inspection: 10/03/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Inclusion

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Strong standard

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 151
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

2.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

10.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,837

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Altofts Junior Academy Normanton · 0.3 mi 52.2 Normanton Junior Academy Normanton · 0.8 mi 65.6 Newlands Primary School Normanton · 1.0 mi 24.7 St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Normanton · 1.1 mi 34.7 Normanton Common Primary Academy Normanton · 1.2 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 · 1.9 mi 71.7 Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · 2.3 mi 26.0

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

Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Normanton, Wakefield, Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 151 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' when it was last inspected in March 2026.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 45 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. 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.