Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wakefield, WF4 3HY
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Hendal Primary School
Hendal Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7QW
Local ranking45th of 111 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 51.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 53
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 416
- Boys
- 207 (50%)
- Girls
- 209 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (99% full)
- SEND
- 25.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.5%
- EAL
- 15.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 23.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,683/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 72.6%
- White Other: 8.3%
- Black African: 7.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
72.6%
White British
8.3%
White Other
7.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hendal Lane
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 108218
- UKPRN
- 10072229
- Establishment No.
- 2162
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