St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF8 4AA
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Giles C of E Academy
Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG
Local ranking34th of 111 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 8 January 2025.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 349
- Boys
- 169 (50%)
- Girls
- 168 (50%)
- Capacity
- 315 (107% full)
- SEND
- 22.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.3%
- EAL
- 9.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 18.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,257/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.6%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
87.6%
White British
4.3%
White Other
1.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Skinner Lane
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 140453
- UKPRN
- 10044273
- Establishment No.
- 3337
- Trust
- ENHANCE ACADEMY TRUST
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