Simpson's Lane Academy
Sycamore Avenue, Knottingley, WF11 0PJ
Local ranking10th of 110 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
577
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 11.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 44
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 402
- Boys
- 211 (52%)
- Girls
- 191 (48%)
- Capacity
- 577 (70% full)
- SEND
- 22.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.7%
- EAL
- 11.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 19.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,497/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 80.5%
- White Other: 8.3%
- Other: 8.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
- Asian Other: 0.2%
80.5%
White British
8.3%
White Other
8.3%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138535
- UKPRN
- 10038170
- Establishment No.
- 2101
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST