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South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 208Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 130864URN

Common Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3EA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.8 below Wakefield median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield

73 applications for 48 places · 96th of 100 in Wakefield
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 2 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 25 November 2025
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 17 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.8 below Wakefield median (2.3) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

73 applications · 48 places offered · 47 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Wakefield median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.5; Wakefield median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.0; Wakefield median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Wakefield median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Wakefield median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202648731.5470.98
Sep 202549721.5460.94
Sep 202440812.0380.95
Sep 202348591.2460.96
Sep 202235481.4361.03
Sep 202138421.1370.97
Sep 202049581.2470.96
Sep 201927321.2260.96
Sep 201862661.1540.87
Sep 201746521.1400.87
Sep 201657631.1540.95
Sep 201557611.1410.72
Sep 201450691.4470.94

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
130864 · 384/2186
Capacity
258 pupils · 208 on roll
Free school meals
34.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 1996
Address
Common Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3EA
Local authority
Wakefield

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources