Wakefield Lawefield Primary School

School Name: Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
Address: Lawefield Lane
Town/City: Wakefield
County: West Yorkshire
Postcode: WF2 8ST
Telephone Number: 01924 291973
Website: www.lawefield.wakefield.sch.uk/

Phase: Primary (ages 3-11)
Type: Community school
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 1998

Headteacher: Miss Joanne Beetham
Capacity: 472
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 437 (54% boys & 46% girls)
Enrollment: 93% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 30.7%

URN: 131734
DfE Number: 384/2204
UKPRN: 10073659
UPRN: 63154431
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: Wakefield (E08000036)
Constituency: Wakefield and Rothwell (E14001560)
Electoral Ward: Wakefield West (E05016543)

Easting & Northing: 432472E, 420359N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 40' 45.58" N 1° 30' 35.06" W
Plus Code: 9C5WMFHR+P4

DfE Record: View record

1. CAPA College (0.6km)
2. Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (0.9km)
3. Trinity Academy Cathedral (1.1km)
4. Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School (1.2km)
5. St Michael's CofE Academy (1.2km)
6. Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield (1.2km)
7. Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource (1.2km)
8. The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School (1.3km)
9. Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School (1.3km)
10. English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (1.4km)

Predecessor schools†

• Lawefield Infants School
• Lawefield Junior School