St Joseph's Catholic 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 are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 08/03/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in maths is above average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Newgate, Pontefract, WF8 4AA
Website: www.stjosephspontefract.co.uk/
Telephone: 01977701493
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Michaela Velayudhan Tomlin
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 138947

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 08/03/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 233
Number of Boys: 122
Number of Girls: 111

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
N/A: 4.7 Confidence interval 2.4 to 6.9
Writing
N/A: 2 Confidence interval 0 to 4
Maths
Above Average: 2 Confidence interval 0.1 to 3.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:87%
England Average:65%

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

School:23%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:111
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harewood Centre Nursery School
Harewood Avenue , WF8 2ER 		3out of 4 1,403 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Newgate , WF8 4AA 		4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Giles C of E Academy
St Giles C of E Academy , Skinner Lane WF8 1HG 		3out of 4 626 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Halfpenny Lane , WF8 4BW 		3out of 4 672 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Larks Hill Junior and Infant School
Larks Hill , WF8 4RJ 		3out of 4 1,145 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School
Moxon Close , Carleton Park WF8 3PT 		3out of 4 1,300 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The King's School
Mill Hill Lane , WF8 4JF 		3out of 4 712 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Carleton High School
Green Lane , Carleton WF8 3NW 		3out of 4 2,045 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract Road , WF7 5AJ 		3out of 4 2,600 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 3,223 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Pontefract
Park Lane , WF8 4QR 		- not rated 727 yd Academy 16-19 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 1,511 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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