Ark Carleton Park Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A87
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 3PT
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Ark Larks Hill Primary School
Larks Hill, Pontefract, WF8 4RJ
Local ranking1st of 111 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 4 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 97.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 53.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 112.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 112.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 202
- Boys
- 117 (58%)
- Girls
- 86 (42%)
- Capacity
- 210 (97% full)
- SEND
- 10.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.4%
- EAL
- 1.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 8.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,624/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 2.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 2.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
94.5%
White British
2.0%
Mixed White & Asian
1.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Larks Hill
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139499
- UKPRN
- 10040976
- Establishment No.
- 2115
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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