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Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 3–7Foundation

Ossett, WF5 8LB · Wakefield local authority

Ossett’s School Grade A− better than 85% of towns in England

Getting in
43/43
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
161 pupils
89% of its 180 places
Free school meals
13%
13 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (43 of 43)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WF5 8) sold for a median £217,000; Ossett’s is £210,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery?

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

43
families put it first for September 2026
43
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. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wakefield council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Ossett, September 2026

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

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

184 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
9.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 50%Boys 50%
Its letter

No letter for Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

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, November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

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

Home prices in WF5 8, the school’s postcode sector

Ossett property prices →
£217,000
median sale, 277 sales in 36 months · Ossett £210,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025WF5 8Ossett
WF5 8Ossett

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£343K
Semi-detached
£221K
Terraced
£175K
Flat
£165K
WF5 8Ossett

Homes in WF5 8 sell for a little over Ossett’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

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAA+B−C+CB+B−A+B+C+D−B−Dimple Well Infant School a…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ossett, WF5 8LB

Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery: common questions

How hard is it to get into Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery?

For September 2026, 43 families put Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 43 places were offered in all.

What is Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, WF5 8, sold for a median £217,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (277 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; Ossett’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.

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