West Riding and Wakefield District Schools: V - Z
The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available.
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| Title | Content | Dates | Reference |
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| Wakefield Alverthorpe St Paul's C of E First School | (previously Alverthorpe Church Infants School, Alverthorpe Infants Council School, Alverthorpe Mixed Church School, Alverthorpe C of E Junior School, and Alverthorpe County Infants School) | 1900-1974 | WMD4/2/30 |
| Wakefield Apprentices School | - | 1844-1878 | C493 |
| Wakefield Belle Vue Provided Infants School | - | 1907-1919 | WDP152 |
| Wakefield Castle Grove First School | (previously Castle Grove County Infants School) | 1961-1981 | WMD4/2/4 |
| Wakefield Cathedral School | (previously Wakefield All Saints Cathedral School) | 1903-1965 | WDP3 |
| Wakefield Cathedral School | - | 1960 | WMD4/2/123 |
| Wakefield Cathedral Boys School | - | 1863-1961 | WWD4/2/7 |
| Wakefield Cathedral Boys School | - | c1960 | WMD4/2/123 |
| Wakefield Cathedral Girls School | - | 1898-1962 | WWD4/2/6 |
| Wakefield Cathedral Girls School | - | c1960 | WMD4/3/123 |
| Wakefield Cathedral Infants School | - | 1898-1932 | WWD4/2/5 |
| Wakefield Cathedral Infants School | - | c1960 | WMD4/2/123 |
| Wakefield Christchurch Infants School | - | 1881-1901 | WWD4/2/9 |
| Wakefield Christchurch Infants School | - | - | C1057 |
| Wakefield Eastmoor First School | (previously Eastmoor Board School, Eastmoor Council School, St John's Clarendon Street Infants School, and Eastmoor County Primary School) | 1878-1972 | WMD4/2/12 |
| Wakefield English Martyrs Roman Catholic Junior & Infants School | (previously English Martyrs R C Junior School, and English Martyrs Junior Mixed & Infants School) | 1933-1989 | WMD4/2/29 |
| Wakefield English Martyrs Roman Catholic Junior & Infants School | - | 1931-1932 | C551 |
| Wakefield Flanshaw First School | (previously Flanshaw County Primary School, and Flanshaw Infants School) | 1949-1979 | WMD4/2/2 |
| Wakefield Flanshaw St Michael's C of E Middle School | (previously St Michael's Boys & Girls Schools, St Michael's Junior School, and Flanshaw Primary Junior School) | 1863-1981 | WMD4/2/79 |
| Wakefield Girls High School | - | 1875-1982 | C493 |
| Wakefield Girls High School | - | - | C887 |
| Wakefield Green Coat Charity School | (previously Wakefield Charity School) | 18th cent-1875 | C493/F/64-66 |
| Wakefield Heath View Middle School | (previously Heath View County Primary School) | 1952-1981 | WMD4/2/18 |
| Wakefield Holy Trinity C of E School | (previously Holy Trinity C of E Voluntary Primary Junior Girls & Infants School) | 1894-1954 | WWD4/2/10 |
| Wakefield Ings Road School | (see Ings Road City High School) | - | - |
| Wakefield Kettlethorpe First School | (previously Kettlethorpe Infant School) | 1954-1974 | WMD4/2/26 |
| Wakefield Kettlethorpe Standbridge First School | - | 1964-1982 | WMD4/2/131 |
| Wakefield Lawefield First School | - | 1911-1945 | WMD4/2/131 |
| Wakefield Lawefield First School | - | 1911 | C865 |
| Wakefield Lawefield Manual Training Centre | - | 1913-1931 | WWD4/2/16 |
| Wakefield Lawefield Middle School | (previously Lawefield Lane Junior School, Lawfield Lane County Junior School, and Lawfield Lane Middle School) | 1918-1979 | WMD4/2/7 |
| Wakefield Lawefield Lane Senior School | (previously Lawfield Lane Council Senior School) | 1912-1948 | WWD4/2/15 |
| Wakefield Lawefield Lane Senior School | - | - | WWD4/2/11 |
| Wakefield Lawefield Lane Senior School | - | - | WMD4/2/7 |
| Wakefield Methodist Day School | (see also Wakefield Methodist First School) | 1903-c1960 | C13/5 |
| Wakefield Methodist First School | (previously Wesleyan Methodist Day School, Wesleyan Mixed School, Wesleyan Infants School, Wesleyan Day School, Methodist Mixed School, Methodist Infants School, and Methodist Voluntary Primary School) | 1863-1977 | WMD4/2/13 |
| Wakefield Mr Gaskell's Infants School | - | 1960s | WMD4/2/14 |
| Wakefield Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGs) | (previously Wakefield Grammar School, and Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth) | 1590-1975 | C493 |
| Wakefield St Andrew's School | - | 1845-1952 | WDP152 |
| Wakefield St James' Infants School | - | 1877-1911 | WWD4/2/12 |
| Wakefield St John's Diocesan Home for Girls | (previously St John's Community Home School) | 1861-1982 | C465 |
| Wakefield St John's Girls School | (previously St John's Clarendon Street Girls School, St John's Clarendon C of E Girls School, and St John's Clarendon C of E Senior Girls School) | 1881-1968 | WWD4/2/14 |
| Wakefield St John's Infants School | - | 1871-1928 | WWD4/2/13 |
| Wakefield St John's School | - | 1825-1968 | WDP45 |
| Wakefield St Mary's C of E First School | (previously St Mary's Infants School, St Mary's Boys & Girls School, St Mary's Mixed School, and St Mary's C of E Primary School) | 1876-1977 | WMD4/2/5 |
| Wakefield St Mary's C of E First School | - | - | WDP152 |
| Wakefield St Mary's Primary School | (see also Wakefield St Mary's C of E First School) | 1947-1981 | WMD4/2/143 |
| Wakefield St Michael's Boys School | - | 1905-1936 | WDP94 |
| Wakefield St Michael's Day School | - | 1889-1954 | WDP94 |
| Wakefield St Michael's Girls School | - | 1895-1935 | WDP94 |
| Wakefield St Michael's Infants School | - | 1876-1969 | WDP94 |
| Wakefield St Michael's Infants School | - | - | WWD4/2/20 |
| Wakefield Sandal Magna Endowed C of E Middle School | (see also Sandal Endowed School) | 1866-1969 | WMD4/2/89 |
| Wakefield Sandal Magna First School | (previously Sandal Magna Board School, Sandal Council Infants School, Sandal Council Mixed School, Sandal Magna Council School Juniors, Sandal Magna County Primary School, Sandal Magna Belle Vue Road Board School, Sandal Magna Central Council School, and Sandal Magna Central Provided School) | 1890-1982 | WMD4/2/3 |
| Wakefield Seaside School, Hornsea | - | 1948-1953 | WWD4/2/25 |
| Wakefield Silcoates School | - | 1820-1978 | C318 |
| Wakefield Snapethorpe First School | (previously Snapethorpe Junior Council School, Snapethorpe Council Junior School, and Snapethorpe Junior School) | 1931-1974 | WMD4/2/15 |
| Wakefield Snapethorpe Middle School | - | 1931-1996 | WMD4/2/144 |
| Wakefield The Mount First School | (previously The Mount County Primary Junior & Infants School) | 1950s-1972 | WMD4/2/14 |
| Wakefield The Mount First School | - | 1968-1974 | WRD5/6/157-159 |
| Wakefield Thornes House Secondary School | (previously Thornes House Boys Secondary School, Thornes House Girls Secondary School, and Thornes House Grammar School) | 1921-1989 | WMD4/2/1 |
| Wakefield Thornes Road Secondary Modern School | - | 1956 | C226 |
| Wakefield Waterton First School | (previously Broadway County Primary Infants School, and Waterton County Primary School) | 1951-1985 | WMD4/2/19 |
| Wakefield Wesleyan Day School | (see also Wakefield Methodist Day School) | 1874-1906 | C13/4 |
| Wakefield Westgate Board School | - | 1886-1913 | WWD4/2/22 |
| Wakefield Westgate Council Junior School | - | 1881-1962 | WWD4/2/21 |
| Wakefield Westgate Senior School | (see Ings Road City High School, and Wakefield Lawfield Middle School) | - | - |
| Walsden C of E School | - | 1876-1974 | WDP104 |
| Walton Grove Infants School | - | 1976-1983 | WMD4/2/80 |
| Walton Junior School | (previously Walton School, and Walton Council School) | 1879-1977 | WMD4/2/66 |
| Warley National School | - | 1871-1963 | WDP54 |
| Warmfield British School | - | 1872-1973 | WDP75 |
| Warmfield Health Schools | - | 1835 onwards | WDP75 |
| Welbeck Board School Infants | (see Castleford Half Acres First School) | - | - |
| West Riding Propreitry School | - | 1834-1854 | C1219 |
| Whitley Lower School | - | 1861-1946 | WDP186 |
| Whitwood Board School Infants Dept | (see Castleford Three Lane Ends First School) | - | - |
| Whitwood First School | - | c1926-1930s | C877 |
| Whitwood Mere C of E School | - | nd | C877 add |
| Whitwood Mere C of E School | - | 1891-1970 | WRD5/4/134-143 |
| Whitwood Mere First School | (see Castleford Three Lane Ends First School) | - | - |
| Whitwood Mere New Infants School | (see Castleford Three Lane Ends First School) | - | - |
| Whitwood Mere Middle School | (see Castleford Three Lane Ends Middle School) | - | - |
| Whitwood Mere Potteries School | - | 1934-1941 | WDP141 |
| Woodhouse Day School | - | 1898-1961 | WDP42 |
| Woolley C of E School | - | 1904-1952 | WDP181 |
| Woolley Colliery School | - | 1870-1956 | WDP181 |
| Woolley Colliery School | - | - | WMD4/2/146 |
| Womersley National School | - | 1827-1857 | WDP68 |
| Wragby C of E Church School | - | 1810-1815 | WDP99 |
| Wragby C of E Church School | - | 1875-1979 | WMD4/2/152 |
| Wrenthorpe Church National School | Admission register included in Alverthorpe Church collection | c1861-1877 | WDP43/52 |