Middlestown Primary Academy

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Composite score
87.4
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National rank
#31
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#9
In Wakefield
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
113.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · 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
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
32%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.9520231.0020241.0320250.882026

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

Every child who put Middlestown Primary Academy 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,782
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Middlestown Primary Academy

Middlestown Primary Academy is a primary school in Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 205 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 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 110 in reading and 113 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Middlestown Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 24.3 pupils per teacher. Middlestown Primary Academy 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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