State schools in Wakefield
143 open state-funded schools in Wakefield (England), with addresses, phone numbers and websites.
To apply for a place during the school year, check the council’s website: some schools take in-year applications through the council and others (for example many academies) handle their own. Council contacts: Wakefield in our council directory. Help with the steps: going back to school.
- Nursery schools (3)
- Secondary schools (18)
- Special schools (4)
- 16+ and sixth form (2)
- Alternative provision and pupil referral units (3)
- Primary schools (113)
Nursery schools (3)
- Crigglestone Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery schoolHigh Street, Crigglestone, Wakefield, WF4 3EB01924 251151 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Harewood Centre Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery schoolHarewood Avenue, Pontefract, WF8 2ER01977 330194 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Castle Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school255A Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF1 5NU01924 664787 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
Secondary schools (18)
- Airedale AcademyAcademy converterCrewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU01977 664555 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Ark Carleton High SchoolAcademy converterGreen Lane, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NW01977 781555 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Ark The King's SchoolAcademy converterMill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF01977 601701 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Castleford AcademyAcademy converterFerrybridge Road, Castleford, WF10 4JQ01977 605060 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Crofton AcademyAcademy converterHigh Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF01924 862985 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- De Lacy AcademyAcademy converterMiddle Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0BZ01977 722489 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Horbury AcademyAcademy converterWakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE01924 282740 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Kettlethorpe High SchoolCommunity schoolKettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Sandal, Wakefield, WF2 7EL01924 251605 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Minsthorpe Community CollegeAcademy converterMinsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2UJ01977 657600 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converterStorrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG01924 232820 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Outwood Academy City FieldsAcademy converterWarmfield View, Wakefield, WF1 4SF01924 298752 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Outwood Academy FreestonAcademy converterFavell Avenue, Normanton, WF6 1HZ01924 302560 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Outwood Academy HemsworthAcademy sponsor ledWakefield Road, Pontefract, WF9 4AB01977 624220 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Outwood Grange AcademyAcademy sponsor ledPotovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2PF01924 204350 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converterBarnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6EQ01924 303545 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converterCutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD01977 691000 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Featherstone AcademyAcademy sponsor ledPontefract Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ01977 698000 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Trinity Academy CathedralAcademy converterThornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF01924 330640 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
Special schools (4)
- High Well SchoolCommunity special schoolRookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DD01924 572100 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Highfield SchoolFoundation special schoolGawthorpe Lane, Ossett, WF5 9BS01924 264240 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Kingsland Primary SchoolCommunity special schoolAberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4BA01924 828990Is this your school?
- Oakfield Park SchoolCommunity special schoolBarnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DT01977 613423 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
16+ and sixth form (2)
- CAPA CollegeFree schools 16 to 19Mulberry Way, Wakefield, WF1 2QN01924 583737 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- New College PontefractAcademy 16-19 converterPark Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QR01977 702139Is this your school?
Alternative provision and pupil referral units (3)
- Enrich AcademyAcademy alternative provision converterPontefract Road, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1LL01924 862232 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Evolve AcademyAcademy alternative provision sponsor ledSt. Georges Road, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8BB01924 200752 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Pinderfields Hospital PRUPupil referral unitThe Wrenthorpe Centre, Imperial Avenue, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0LW01924 298351 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
More schools in Wakefield
- Primary schools (113 schools)
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools), Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Department of Education Northern Ireland. Details change – always check with the school or council.
Last checked 26 October 2026.