Crofton Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Wakefield·WF4 1NG

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Crofton Infant 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%

46 first choices, 47 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 47 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9620221.0020230.9420240.9620250.982026

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

Every child who put Crofton Infant 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).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 197
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

14.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,043

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Crofton Junior School Wakefield · 0.1 mi 51.3 Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School Wakefield · 0.5 mi 43.8 Sharlston Community School Wakefield · 1.3 mi 57.9 Walton Primary Academy Wakefield · 1.4 mi 57.8 Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · 1.7 mi 26.0 Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School Wakefield · 2.2 mi 59.1 Sandal Magna Community Academy Wakefield · 2.3 mi 43.6 Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School Wakefield · 2.4 mi 32.8

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

About Crofton Infant School

Crofton Infant School is a primary school in Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 197 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Crofton Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 47 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. Crofton 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.