St Helen's CE Primary 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 06/06/2019. 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 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Highfield Road, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Highfield Road, Pontefract, WF9 4EG
Website: https://www.sthelensceprimary.org.uk/
Telephone: 01977617955
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Louise Sennett
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 139573

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 06/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 270
Number of Pupils: 255
Number of Boys: 145
Number of Girls: 110

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -4.3 Confidence interval -6.6 to -2.1
Writing
Well Below Average: -5.6 Confidence interval -7.7 to -3.6
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.7 Confidence interval -5.7 to -1.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:21%
England Average:65%

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

School:3%
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
St Helen's CE Primary School
Highfield Road , Hemsworth WF9 4EG 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Highfield Road , Hemsworth WF9 4LJ 		2out of 4 600 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
West End Academy
Regent Street , Hemsworth WF9 4QJ 		3out of 4 854 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Grove Lea Primary School
Hemsworth Grove Lea Primary, Grove Terrace , Hemsworth WF9 4BQ 		- not rated 1,010 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Beech Close , Brierley S72 9EJ 		4out of 4 2,037 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Wakefield Road , WF9 4AB 		2out of 4 1,292 yd Academy sponsor led No 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 415 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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