St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe 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 02/02/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are well above average, progress in writing is 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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Barnsley Road, Pontefract

School Information

Address: Barnsley Road, Pontefract, WF9 2BP
Website: https://www.sjm.bkcat.co.uk/
Telephone: 01977651755
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Louise Bird
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 140558

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 02/02/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 230
Number of Pupils: 216
Number of Boys: 109
Number of Girls: 107

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 7.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 5.3 Confidence interval 3.1 to 7.5
Writing
Average: 1.1 Confidence interval -0.9 to 3.1
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.5 Confidence interval 1.6 to 5.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:81%
England Average:65%

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

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:108
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
Barnsley Road , Moorthorpe WF9 2BP 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Moorthorpe Primary (J and I ) School
Regent Street , Moorthorpe WF9 2BL 		3out of 4 162 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School
Carlton Road , South Elmsall WF9 2QQ 		2out of 4 628 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ash Grove Primary Academy
Ash Grove , South Elmsall WF9 2TF 		1out of 4 1,172 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Northfield Primary School: With Communication Resource
Northfield Lane , South Kirkby WF9 3LY 		2out of 4 1,310 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 1,220 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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