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South Kirkby Academy

  • 7–11Ages
  • 186Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143381URN

Stockingate, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3DP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
32%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 25 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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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 did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 48% · Writing 73% · Maths 42% → all three 32% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard32%96th of 98 in Wakefield
Reading
Expected standard48%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth2%
Maths
Expected standard42%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Wakefield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2532%0%9998
2023/2441%0%10199
2022/2333%4%9897

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

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
143381 · 384/2187
Trust
Waterton Academy Trust
Capacity
256 pupils · 186 on roll
Free school meals
50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2016
Replaced
Stockingate Mill Junior School (URN 130865); Stockingate First School (URN 108181)
Address
Stockingate, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3DP
Local authority
Wakefield

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