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Martin Frobisher Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Normanton, WF6 2NU · Wakefield local authority

Normanton’s School Grade B better than 57% of towns in England

Getting in
44/44
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
158 pupils
117% of its 135 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Martin Frobisher Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 158 pupils for 135 places
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (44 of 44)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WF6 2) sold for a median £202,550; Normanton’s is £190,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Martin Frobisher Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

44
families put it first for September 2026
44
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Wakefield council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wakefield council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Normanton, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.11 per place
88% got their first choice
Martin Frobisher Infant
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

161 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Martin Frobisher Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Martin Frobisher Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WF6 2, the school’s postcode sector

Normanton property prices →
£202,550
median sale, 419 sales in 36 months · Normanton £190,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025WF6 2Normanton
WF6 2Normanton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£313K
Semi-detached
£210K
Terraced
£143K
Flat
£85K
WF6 2Normanton

Homes in WF6 2 sell for a little over Normanton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−CA−A−B−BMartin Frobisher Infant Sch…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Normanton, WF6 2NU

Martin Frobisher Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Martin Frobisher Infant School?

For September 2026, 44 families put Martin Frobisher Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 44 places were offered in all.

What is Martin Frobisher Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2022).

How much do houses cost near Martin Frobisher Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WF6 2, sold for a median £202,550 over the 36 months to August 2026 (419 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Normanton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.