Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane

Academy converterPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Bell Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7JH

Headteacher · Mrs Rebecca Pattison

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

Key facts

Pupils320Capacity 315

OfstedGoodInspected 21 September 2022

TrustOutwood Grange Academies Trust

Free school meals10.8%

Good

Graded inspection on 21 September 2022.

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 offered33

Applications67

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).