Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Wakefield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry48 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Wakefield median median 2.3
- 2025 2.7; Wakefield median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; Wakefield median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Wakefield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wakefield median
Dashed bars: as Castleford Townville Infants' School (URN 108229), the previous school.
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 | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 63 | 2.7 | 18 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 * | 25 | 58 | 2.3 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 * | 27 | 47 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 * | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 * | 35 | 57 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 * | 34 | 53 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 * | 32 | 54 | 1.7 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 45 | 74 | 1.6 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 48 | 72 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 48 | 71 | 1.5 | 47 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 38 | 74 | 2.0 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 51 | 75 | 1.5 | 43 | 0.84 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Townville AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.4applications per place
- 0.0 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20252.2applications per place
- 0.0 km · WakefieldRemains Good202362%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · WakefieldGood20231.6applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Wakefield20261.8applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · WakefieldGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.7 km · WakefieldRemains Good202461%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · WakefieldStandards maintained20252.4applications per place
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150627 · 384/2044
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 111 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2024
- Replaced
- Castleford Townville Infants' School (URN 108229)
- Address
- Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford, WF10 3QJ
- Local authority
- Wakefield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources