Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Wakefield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/11/2017. 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.

School Information

Address: Charles Street, Wakefield, WF1 4PE
Website: www.stmarysceprimarywakefield.co.uk
Telephone: 01924303625
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Taylor
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 108269

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 2 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 248
Number of Boys: 113
Number of Girls: 135

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -5.2 Confidence interval -7.7 to -2.8
Writing
Well Below Average: -4.1 Confidence interval -6.3 to -1.9
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.5 Confidence interval -5.7 to -1.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:23%
England Average:65%

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

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:96
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Castle Nursery School
255A Barnsley Road , WF1 5NU
3out of 4 1,789 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Charles Street , WF1 4PE
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Wakefield Greenhill Primary School
Greenhill Road , Eastmoor WF1 4LU
3out of 4 657 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Duke of York Street , WF1 3PF
3out of 4 908 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill
Irwin Crescent , WF1 4QY
2out of 4 927 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School
Eastmoor Road , WF1 3SQ
3out of 4 997 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Outwood Academy City Fields
Warmfield View , WF1 4SF
4out of 4 1,251 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Thomas
Barnsley Road , Sandal WF2 6EQ
3out of 4 2,400 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Trinity Academy Cathedral
Thornes Road , WF2 8QF
2out of 4 2,444 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
CAPA College
Unity Hall , Westgate WF1 1EP
- not rated 1,088 yd Free schools 16 to 19 Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wakefield College
Margaret Street , WF1 2DH
- not rated 1,520 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ivy Lane School
Ivy Lane School , Ivy Lane WF1 4AZ
- not rated 1,214 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
154 Northgate , WF1 3QX
- not rated 1,391 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Wakefield Girls' High School
Wentworth Street , WF1 2QS
- not rated 1,406 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School
158 Northgate , WF1 3QY
- not rated 1,484 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Wakefield Girls' High School Junior School
2 St John's Square , WF1 2QX
- not rated 1,637 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.