South Kirkby Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
F36
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Pontefract, WF9 3DP
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Ark Northfield Primary School
Northfield Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3LY
Local ranking85th of 111 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 8 March 2022.
School history and status
Continues from Northfield Primary School: With Communication Resource (URN 130859) since 30 November 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 83.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 27.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 48
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 355
- Boys
- 181 (52%)
- Girls
- 167 (48%)
- Capacity
- 315 (110% full)
- SEND
- 20.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.8%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.3%
- SEN Support
- 11.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,750/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 93.7%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.3%
- Other: 0.3%
93.7%
White British
2.6%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Northfield Lane
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 150309
- UKPRN
- 10093643
- Establishment No.
- 2043
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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