Northfield Primary School: With Communication Resource 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 10/05/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Northfield Lane, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Northfield Lane, Pontefract, WF9 3LY
Website: www.northfieldprimary.co.uk/
Telephone: 01977651291
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Vanessa Vaughan
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 130859

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 10/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 315
Number of Pupils: 360
Number of Boys: 200
Number of Girls: 160

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -4.9 Confidence interval -6.6 to -3.3
Writing
Well Below Average: -4.2 Confidence interval -5.8 to -2.7
Maths
Well Below Average: -4 Confidence interval -5.5 to -2.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:39%
England Average:65%

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

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:98
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Northfield Primary School: With Communication Resource
Northfield Lane , South Kirkby WF9 3LY 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
South Kirkby Academy
Stockingate , South Kirkby WF9 3DP 		2out of 4 1,226 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Moorthorpe Primary (J and I ) School
Regent Street , Moorthorpe WF9 2BL 		3out of 4 1,274 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
Barnsley Road , Moorthorpe WF9 2BP 		3out of 4 1,310 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
Common Road , South Kirkby WF9 3EA 		2out of 4 1,313 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Minsthorpe Community College, A Specialist Science College
Minsthorpe Lane , South Elmsall WF9 2UJ 		3out of 4 2,212 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Compass Community School Hemsworth
58 Highfield Road , Hemsworth WF9 4EA 		- not rated 3,269 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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