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Rooks Nest Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Rooks Nest Road, Outwood, Wakefield WF1 3DX · rooksnestacademy.co.uk · 01924 870700
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wakefield 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 368
- 53 over 315 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- First language not English
- 12%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Rooks Nest Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 43 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 36 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 46 | 1▲ | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Wakefield it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Rooks Nest Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2007
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (121 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 121
- 33% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (13%) with SEND