42 / 100
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Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.
Academic Outcomes
30
Inspection
—
Admissions Value
33
Destinations
—
Stability & Context
100
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Quality of education
Graded 19 November 2024
Behaviour and attitudes
Graded 19 November 2024
Personal development
Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.
Academic year
2025/26
Published admission number (PAN)
18
Places offered by the school
Applications received
51
Times listed as any preference
Offers made
18
Preferred offers from this school
Oversubscription ratio
2.83×
Applications per place
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Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.
Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.
Reading expected %
69.0%
Writing expected %
86.0%
Maths expected %
59.0%
RWM expected %
52.0%
Reading progress
Not published
WF10 4JB - Pontefract Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire
This school is one of 367 schools in Wakefield.
Total schools
367
Open schools
158
Closed schools
209
Primary schools
253
Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.
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Graded 19 November 2024
Leadership and management
Graded 19 November 2024
Early years
Graded 19 November 2024
Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.
Inspection
School remains Good
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Offer rate
35.3%
Offers as a share of applications
First preference offers: 18
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Writing progress
Not published
Maths progress
Not published
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Secondary schools
41
Special schools
0
Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Wakefield)