West Bretton Junior and Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Wakefield

West Bretton Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Wakefield for ages 3–11 (community school).

Key facts

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025

“West Bretton school thrives as a close-knit community where staff know pupils and families well.”
“Leaders use this detailed knowledge to set high expectations for every child and remove any barriers to their learning.”
“Pupils feel safe and achieve well because leaders understand their needs and act quickly to support them.”

“However, the improvements underway are not reflected in outcomes in writing by the end of key stage 2.”
“However, there is still work to be done to ensure that the curriculum and teaching enables pupils to write as fluently and spell as accurately as leaders intend.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	50%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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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A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.

Straight-line distance, in Wakefield.