Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill, Wakefield

In its own words: "Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill is a primary academy based in the cathedral city of Wakefield. We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 17 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Wakefield and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill as their first choice and 115 named it as one of their preferences, for 55 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill are Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill (0.3 miles, 63% reading, 77% maths); Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School (0.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 65% maths); St Austin's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 60% maths); and Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 67% reading, 60% maths).

Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 54.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (35%), Asian (25%) and Black (14%).

In 2026, 35 pupils (7.7%) received SEN support and 16 (3.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station, about 1080 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Heath View Academy, 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 518 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wakefield (130), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill issued 19 suspensions, 4.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill are Outwood Academy City Fields (0.2 miles); and St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy (1.8 miles).