Ark Carleton Park Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A87
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 3PT
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary School
Carleton Road, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NP
Local ranking7th of 111 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
316
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 10 January 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 32.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 44
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 320
- Boys
- 160 (48%)
- Girls
- 170 (52%)
- Capacity
- 316 (104% full)
- SEND
- 22.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.9%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.7%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,239/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.5% nat15.8%
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: 94.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
- Other: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
- Black Other: 0.3%
94.1%
White British
2.3%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Carleton Road
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139504
- UKPRN
- 10041014
- Establishment No.
- 2095
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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