Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior 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 14/11/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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George Street, Pontefract

School Information

Address: George Street, Pontefract, WF7 5BG
Website: www.stthomasfeatherstone.co.uk
Telephone: 01977706063
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Cathryn Hampshire
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 108249

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 14/11/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 410
Number of Pupils: 318
Number of Boys: 166
Number of Girls: 152

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.3 to 1.7
Writing
Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.4 to 2.4
Maths
Average: -0.7 Confidence interval -2.1 to 0.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:72%
England Average:65%

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

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
George Street , Featherstone WF7 5BG 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Featherstone Purston Infant School
Nunns Lane , Featherstone WF7 5HF 		3out of 4 295 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Hardwick Road , Featherstone WF7 5JB 		3out of 4 445 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Gordon Street , Featherstone WF7 6LW 		3out of 4 1,382 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
North Close , North Featherstone WF7 6BQ 		3out of 4 2,345 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 1,255 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 2,552 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The King's School
Mill Hill Lane , WF8 4JF 		3out of 4 3,239 yd Academy 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 2,158 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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