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When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: Where a category is oversubscribed, priority goes to those living nearest the school.
Wakefield Council is the admission authority for its community and voluntary controlled schools and sets these criteria for all of them. Every such school has a defined catchment area; the council publishes it only as an address search, not as a map. Academies, voluntary aided and foundation schools set their own criteria.
Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.
Same phase, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School
primary · Requires Improvement · 1.9 km away
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
primary · Good · 1.2 km away
Newton Hill Community School
primary · Good · 2.1 km away
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School
primary · Good · 2.2 km away
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School
primary · Good · 1.9 km away
Ossett South Parade Primary
primary · Good · 2.9 km away
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