Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourceSandal Magna Community Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Wakefield.

Summary of the comparison

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource and Sandal Magna Community Academy are primary schools in Wakefield.

  • Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource scores 45 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Sandal Magna Community Academy scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). Sandal Magna Community Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource was judged Good and Sandal Magna Community Academy was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 65.0% for Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource and 67.0% for Sandal Magna Community Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource (56.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Sandal Magna Community Academy (60.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource versus Sandal Magna Community Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WakefieldMethodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourceWakefieldSandal Magna Community AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD45/100C60/100Stronger figure
Local ranking81st of 111 in Wakefield 38th of 111 in Wakefield Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll245 255
Capacity250 262
LocationWakefield, WF2 7RU Wakefield, WF1 5NF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard65.0% 67.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census237 263
Free school meals (ever 6)20.9% 36.5%
English as an additional language14.3% 85.2%
SEN support13.5% 19.4%
SEN with an EHC plan9.3% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% Stronger figure6.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence14.7% Stronger figure20.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource

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