Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School is a primary school located in Pontefract. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 19/03/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Gordon Street, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Gordon Street, Pontefract, WF7 6LW
Website: www.northfeatherstone.wakefield.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01977799888
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Michelle Cunnington
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 108206

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/03/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 315
Number of Pupils: 350
Number of Boys: 187
Number of Girls: 163

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -2.5 to 1.4
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.1 Confidence interval 1.3 to 4.9
Maths
Average: -0.9 Confidence interval -2.6 to 0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:48%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:3%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Gordon Street , Featherstone WF7 6LW 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
North Close , North Featherstone WF7 6BQ 		3out of 4 1,236 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
George Street , Featherstone WF7 5BG 		3out of 4 1,382 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Featherstone Purston Infant School
Nunns Lane , Featherstone WF7 5HF 		3out of 4 1,543 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Hardwick Road , Featherstone WF7 5JB 		3out of 4 1,826 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road , WF7 5AJ 		3out of 4 1,302 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road , Featherstone WF7 6BD 		3out of 4 1,534 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The King's School
Mill Hill Lane , WF8 4JF 		3out of 4 2,345 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Pontefract
Park Lane , WF8 4QR 		- not rated 2,054 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
High Well School
Rook Hill Road , WF8 2DD 		3out of 4 1,008 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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