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Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Wakefield, WF7 5BGPrimaryAges 7–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Requires Improvement
Mar 2024
KS2 Results
46%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Applications / places
N/A
No data
Ranking
#11,041
of 13,686 nationally

About Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School is a state-funded primary school in Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 7 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 314 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 410.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Requires Improvement (5 Mar 2024). 46% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

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Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range7 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressGeorge Street, Featherstone, Pontefract, Wakefield, WF7 5BG
HeadteacherMr Mathew Brown
Local AuthorityWakefield
Number of Pupils314
Free School Meals (FSM)46.5%
School Capacity314 / 410 (77% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

5 Mar 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal Development
Requires improvement
Leadership & Management
Requires improvement

Source: Ofsted, 17 Apr 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

09:00 – 15:30

Breakfast club

08:00-08:50

Source: stthomasfeatherstone.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report for the findings and subsequent monitoring.