Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School
Primary school in Wakefield. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 7 January 2025, report published 9 February 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.7 milesSandal Magna Community Academy
Good (Nov 2022)
- 1.1 milesWalton Primary Academy
School remains Good (May 2022)
- 1.1 milesMethodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource
School remains Good (Jul 2023)
- 1.3 milesHendal Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
- 1.6 milesThe Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School
Good (Nov 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.