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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council schools

All 158 schools in the Wakefield area, from the school census. 50 are maintained by Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Wakefield school holidays.

Follows Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

50 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 229 pupils
  • Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrsWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 267 pupils
  • Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 4–11 · 210 pupils
  • Castleford Wheldon Infant School and NurseryCastleford · Primary · 3–7 · 169 pupils
  • Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 355 pupils
  • Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 198 pupils
  • Crigglestone Nursery SchoolWakefield · Nursery · 2–4 · 95 pupils
  • Crofton Junior SchoolWakefield · Primary · 7–11 · 231 pupils
  • Dimple Well Infant School and NurseryOssett · Primary · 3–7 · 161 pupils
  • Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordCastleford · Primary · 2–11 · 471 pupils
  • Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 338 pupils
  • Featherstone Purston Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–7 · 203 pupils
  • Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPontefract · Primary · 7–11 · 314 pupils
  • Harewood Centre Nursery SchoolPontefract · Nursery · 2–4 · 52 pupils
  • Hendal Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 410 pupils
  • High Well SchoolPontefract · 9–16 · 104 pupils
  • Highfield SchoolOssett · 11–19 · 210 pupils
  • Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 369 pupils
  • Kettlethorpe High SchoolWakefield · Secondary · 11–16 · 1616 pupils
  • Kingsland Primary SchoolWakefield · 2–11 · 201 pupils
  • Martin Frobisher Infant SchoolNormanton · Primary · 3–7 · 158 pupils
  • Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourceWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 245 pupils
  • Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion ResourcePontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 216 pupils
  • Newlands Primary SchoolNormanton · Primary · 3–11 · 270 pupils
  • Newton Hill Community SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 338 pupils
  • Normanton All Saints CofE Infant SchoolNormanton · Primary · 3–7 · 289 pupils
  • Oakfield Park SchoolPontefract · 11–19 · 176 pupils
  • Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolOssett · Primary · 3–11 · 111 pupils
  • Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary SchoolOssett · Primary · 3–11 · 341 pupils
  • Ossett South Parade PrimaryWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 418 pupils
  • Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolOssett · Primary · 7–11 · 336 pupils
  • Pinderfields Hospital PRUWakefield · 2–19 · 104 pupils
  • Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 225 pupils
  • Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 4–11 · 608 pupils
  • Shay Lane Primary (J and I) SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 233 pupils
  • Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 183 pupils
  • South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 454 pupils
  • South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–7 · 208 pupils
  • Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 298 pupils
  • Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolPontefract · Primary · 2–11 · 105 pupils
  • The Castle Nursery SchoolWakefield · Nursery · 2–5 · 108 pupils
  • The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 210 pupils
  • Upton Primary SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 453 pupils
  • Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 387 pupils
  • Wakefield Lawefield Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 437 pupils
  • Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 359 pupils
  • Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 601 pupils
  • Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 4–11 · 209 pupils
  • Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWakefield · Primary · 2–11 · 255 pupils
  • West Bretton Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 118 pupils

Sets its own term dates

108 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Ackton Pastures Primary AcademyCastleford · Primary · 3–11 · 356 pupils
  • Ackworth Mill Dam SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 225 pupils
  • Ackworth SchoolWest Yorkshire · 2–19 · 429 pupils
  • Airedale AcademyCastleford · Secondary · 11–18 · 1008 pupils
  • Airedale Infant AcademyCastleford · Primary · 3–7 · 206 pupils
  • Airedale Junior AcademyCastleford · Primary · 7–11 · 385 pupils
  • Altofts Junior AcademyNormanton · Primary · 7–11
  • Ash Grove Primary AcademyPONTEFRACT · Primary · 3–11 · 265 pupils
  • Balance Alternative ProvisionKnottingley · 11–16 · 32 pupils
  • Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd)Wakefield · 16–25
  • CAPA CollegeWakefield · 16 plus · 16–19 · 502 pupils
  • Carleton High SchoolPontefract · Secondary · 11–16 · 1026 pupils
  • Carleton Park Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 4–11 · 208 pupils
  • Castleford AcademyCastleford · Secondary · 11–16 · 1480 pupils
  • Castleford Park Junior AcademyCastleford · Primary · 7–11 · 412 pupils
  • Castleford Three Lane Ends AcademyCastleford · Primary · 3–11 · 401 pupils
  • Cherry Tree AcademyPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 233 pupils
  • Crigglestone St James CofE Primary AcademyWakefield · Primary · 4–11 · 296 pupils
  • Crofton AcademyWakefield · Secondary · 11–16 · 1045 pupils
  • Crofton Infant SchoolWakefield · Primary · 3–7 · 188 pupils
  • Darrington Church of England Primary SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 129 pupils
  • De Lacy AcademyKnottingley · Secondary · 11–16 · 853 pupils
  • De Lacy Primary SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 342 pupils
  • Denby Grange SchoolWakefield · 11–18 · 50 pupils
  • England Lane AcademyKnottingley · Primary · 3–11 · 225 pupils
  • English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 223 pupils
  • Enrich AcademyWakefield · 14–16 · 94 pupils
  • Evolve AcademyWakefield · 4–14 · 44 pupils
  • Featherstone All Saints CofE AcademyPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 227 pupils
  • Featherstone Girnhill Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–7 · 103 pupils
  • Fitzwilliam Primary SchoolPontefract · Primary · 2–11 · 224 pupils
  • Gawthorpe Community AcademyOssett · Primary · 3–11 · 231 pupils
  • Glasshoughton Infant AcademyCastleford · Primary · 3–7 · 222 pupils
  • Grove Lea Primary SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 244 pupils
  • Half Acres Primary AcademyCastleford · Primary · 3–11 · 424 pupils
  • Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 434 pupils
  • Hall Cliffe Primary SchoolWakefield · 5–11 · 34 pupils
  • Hall Cliffe SchoolWakefield · 8–17 · 86 pupils
  • Hammer Lane AcademyWakefield · 4–7 · 28 pupils
  • Heart of Yorkshire Education GroupWakefield · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPontefract · Primary · 4–11 · 199 pupils
  • Horbury AcademyWakefield · Secondary · 11–16 · 1070 pupils
  • Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 125 pupils
  • Horbury Primary AcademyWakefield · Primary · 3–11 · 435 pupils
  • Ivy Lane School · 11–19 · 51 pupils
  • Jerry Clay AcademyWakefield · Primary · 4–11 · 211 pupils
  • King's Meadow AcademyPontefract · Primary · 3–11 · 234 pupils
  • Larks Hill Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · Primary · 4–11 · 203 pupils
  • Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery SchoolNormanton · Primary · 3–7 · 151 pupils
  • Meadowcroft SchoolWakefield · 5–19 · 128 pupils

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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.