Martin Frobisher Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Normanton, Wakefield
Martin Frobisher Infant School is a primary school in Normanton, Wakefield for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2022.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Wakefield
- Pupils on roll
- 158 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 June 2022
Strengths
- “All pupils and staff in this school are ‘proud to be blue.”
- “There is a strong sense of community.”
- “They say confidently that if they have a problem or a worry, an adult will help them.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in all subjects.”
- “However, the phonics knowledge of these pupils is not assessed regularly enough for leaders to know exactly which gaps they have in their understanding of phonics.”
- “However, not all staff have the knowledge of the early years curriculum they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wakefield.
- Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Altofts Junior Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Normanton Junior Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Normanton Common Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Newlands Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade