Oyster Park Primary Academy is a primary school located in Castleford. 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 15/06/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in reading is below average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Watling Road, Castleford

School Information

Address: Watling Road, Castleford, WF10 3SN
Website: www.oysterpark.co.uk
Telephone: 01977515994
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Jodie Chapman-Kemp
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 141144

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 15/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 394
Number of Boys: 206
Number of Girls: 188

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -4.6 to -0.9
Writing
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1.2 to 2.2
Maths
N/A: -1.6 Confidence interval -3.2 to 0

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:52%
England Average:65%

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

School:2%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:100
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oyster Park Primary Academy
Watling Road , Ferry Fryston WF10 3SN 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford
Stansfield Drive , Airedale WF10 3DB 		3out of 4 564 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Castleford Townville Infants' School
Poplar Avenue , Townville WF10 3QJ 		2out of 4 904 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Airedale Junior School
Fryston Road , Airedale WF10 3EP 		3out of 4 1,039 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Airedale Infant School
Poplar Avenue , Townville WF10 3QJ 		3out of 4 1,039 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Airedale Academy
Crewe Road , Airedale WF10 3JU 		3out of 4 822 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Castleford Academy
Ferrybridge Road , WF10 4JQ 		3out of 4 2,601 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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