Grange Moor Primary School, Wakefield
Grange Moor Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Wakefield, part of The Mast Academy Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Kirklees (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Grange Moor Primary School in detail
Grange Moor Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Grange Moor Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 107664), 33% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Grange Moor Primary School
Across Kirklees, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Kirklees lodged 196 appeals against primary school offers; 125 reached a hearing and 25 succeeded (20% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Grange Moor Primary School are Grange Moor Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement, 33% reading, 50% maths); Flockton CofE (C) First School (1.4 miles, Good); Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School (1.9 miles, Good, 88% reading, 94% maths); and Lepton CofE Primary Academy (2 miles, 94% reading, 89% maths).
Grange Moor Primary SchoolFlockton CofE (C) First SchoolRowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolLepton CofE Primary Academy
The trust
Grange Moor Primary School is one of 6 schools run by The Mast Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Mirfield Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grange Moor Park (at), 120 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 3 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kirklees (153).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Grange Moor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in June 2026. Before that, as Grange Moor Primary School (URN 107664), it was rated Requires Improvement in May 2022. See Grange Moor Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Grange Moor Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107664). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 75% to 33% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 50% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 63% to 33% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Grange Moor Primary School
Term dates
Grange Moor Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Kirklees's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Grange Moor Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Grange Moor Primary School is in Kirklees; for families living there:
- Kirklees's school travel policy: School transport
- How to apply: Apply for school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Grange Moor Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107664). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | 18 | 34 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2015 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 1.0 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Wakefield
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Wakefield
Across Kirklees council
Places available
5,437
Applications
4,554
Got 1st preference
93.8%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Kirklees council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Grange Moor Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107664). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
6.8%
Overall absence
14.5%
Persistent absence
62
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Grange Moor Primary School
Are there exam results for Grange Moor Primary School?
Grange Moor Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 107664), 33% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Grange Moor Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Grange Moor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in June 2026. Before that, as Grange Moor Primary School (URN 107664), it was rated Requires Improvement in May 2022.
What is the catchment area for Grange Moor Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Grange Moor Primary School is oversubscribed, Kirklees allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Grange Moor Primary School?
Apply through Kirklees's coordinated admissions process, naming Grange Moor Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Grange Moor Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Grange Moor Primary School?
Grange Moor Primary School is at Liley Lane, Grange Moor, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 4EW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)