Ark Northfield Primary School
Primary school in Pontefract, Wakefield. Requires improvement (Mar 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 8 March 2022, report published 29 May 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Northfield Primary School: With Communication Resource (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Ark Northfield Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| 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 September 2024
The last inspection was in March 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
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 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.7 milesSouth Kirkby Academy
Good (Apr 2023)
- 0.7 milesSouth Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
Report card, Nov 2025: 5 strong, 2 expected
- 0.7 milesMoorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource
School remains Good (Feb 2024)
- 0.8 milesSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
School remains Good (Jun 2022)
- 1.1 milesSouth Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School
Good (Nov 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.