Hammer Lane Academy
Hammer Lane Academy is an independent special school in Wakefield for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 28 pupils and room for 30.
Hammer Lane, Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1DH01924 967619hammerlaneacademy.org/contact-usLaura Thresh headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wakefield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharlston Community School | Academy | 60 m | 239 | Not inspected | 64 | Compare |
| Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School | Council | 690 m | 105 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| Enrich Academy | Academy alternative provision converter | 0.8 miles | 94 | Requires improvement 2019 | – | Compare |
| Crofton Junior School | Council | 1.2 miles | 231 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Crofton Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 1,045 | Good 2023 | 58 | Compare |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School | Council | 1.3 miles | 233 | Good 2024 | 29 | Compare |
| Crofton Infant School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 188 | Good 2024 | 70 | Compare |
| Newlands Primary School | Council | 1.5 miles | 270 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hammer Lane Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hammer Lane Academy yet.
How many pupils does Hammer Lane Academy have?
28 pupils aged 4 to 7. It has 30 places, so it is 93% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hammer Lane, Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1DH
- Telephone
- 01924 967619
- Website
- hammerlaneacademy.org/contact-us
- Headteacher
- Laura Thresh
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Ward
- Featherstone
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 11 February 2026 (new provision)
- URN
- 152331 · LAESTAB 3846017
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.