Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW
Local ranking2nd of 110 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 26.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 437
- Boys
- 208 (48%)
- Girls
- 229 (52%)
- Capacity
- 420 (104% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.0%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,544/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.5%
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: 89.4%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
89.4%
White British
2.6%
White Other
2.6%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139502
- UKPRN
- 10041011
- Establishment No.
- 2147
- Trust
- PONTEFRACT ACADEMIES TRUST