Hendal Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Hendal Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7QW

Headteacher · Mrs Kelly Ashton

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils410Capacity 420

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 19 November 2024

Free school meals33.5%

Inspection on 19 November 2024. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Wakefield council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 33 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered37

Applications93

First choice33

First-choice offers33

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).