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Gawthorpe Community Academy

3–11Ages
231Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137643URN

High Street, Gawthorpe, Ossett, WF5 9QP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.5 below Wakefield median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield

54 applications for 30 places · 80th of 100 in Wakefield

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

60%met the expected standard

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Wakefield median (2.3) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

54 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first

2026 1.8; Wakefield median median 2.3
2025 1.6; Wakefield median median 2.2
2024 2.1; Wakefield median median 2.4
2023 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.9
2022 2.4; Wakefield median median 1.8
2021 2.4; Wakefield median median 1.8
2020 2.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
2019 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.8
2018 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.9
2017 2.1; Wakefield median median 1.9
2016 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.9
2015 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.8
2014 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.9

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	54	1.8	30	1.00
Sep 2025	27	43	1.6	27	1.00
Sep 2024	29	60	2.1	38	1.31
Sep 2023	31	54	1.7	25	0.81
Sep 2022	30	71	2.4	40	1.33
Sep 2021	29	69	2.4	40	1.38
Sep 2020	30	62	2.1	28	0.93
Sep 2019	29	59	2.0	30	1.03
Sep 2018	29	68	2.3	31	1.07
Sep 2017	30	62	2.1	38	1.27
Sep 2016	30	60	2.0	38	1.27
Sep 2015	30	52	1.7	34	1.13
Sep 2014	30	70	2.3	43	1.43

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 70% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard60%58th of 98 in Wakefield

Wakefield 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard77%

Wakefield 76% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Wakefield 27% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Wakefield 77% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Wakefield 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard70%

Wakefield 77% England 77%

Higher standard37%

Wakefield 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Wakefield median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	60%	13%	105	104
2023/24	77%	13%	108	106
2022/23	47%	10%	105	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Gawthorpe Community AcademyThis school
This school

Good2022

1.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Orchard Primary Academy
0.9 km · Kirklees

Good2022

1.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School
1.4 km · Wakefield

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
1.4 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2024

73%met the SATs standard
Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School
1.5 km · Kirklees

2026

1.9applications per place
Earlsheaton Infant School
1.6 km · Kirklees

Good2024

2.3applications per place
Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
1.7 km · Kirklees

Good2022

3.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Towngate Primary Academy
1.9 km · Wakefield

Improved significantly2024

2.4applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School
2.0 km · Wakefield

Remains Good2022

6.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137643 · 384/2061
Trust: Inspire Partnership Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 236 pupils · 231 on roll
Free school meals: 26.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 November 2011
Replaced: Gawthorpe Community Primary School (URN 108153)
Address: High Street, Gawthorpe, Ossett, WF5 9QP
Local authority: Wakefield

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