The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School, Wakefield

In its own words: "(Created in consultation with our whole school community July 2016 and reviewed in May 2022) Through our ambitious curriculum and exciting first-hand experiences, children will gain the knowledge, skills and firm foundations needed to understand their place in the world, whatever their starting points."

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School 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 were similar in 2024 (86% in reading, 69% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School as their first choice and 76 named it as one of their preferences, for 24 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 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School are Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 62% reading, 70% maths); Wakefield Lawefield Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 61% reading, 64% maths); English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 76% reading, 72% maths); and Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource (0.8 miles, Good, 85% reading, 76% maths).

The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

34.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Wakefield Westgate Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Thornes Road The Mount (adjacent), 240 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 241 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wakefield (130), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School issued 17 suspensions, 7.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School are Trinity Academy Cathedral (0.2 miles); Horbury Academy (1.2 miles); St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy (1.6 miles); and Kettlethorpe High School (1.7 miles).