Best Primary Schools in Pontefract
We checked all 36 primary schools in Pontefract, Wakefield, and list every one: 33 ranked, then 3 without a rank.
- Schools checked
- 36
- Ranked
- 33
- Without a rank
- 3
Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Pontefract. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.
Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Wakefield. Wakefield also has rankings for Wakefield, Castleford and Ossett.
Ranked primary schools in Pontefract
Rank 1
Larks Hill Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding- Expected standard
- 97%
- Higher standard
- 53%
Rank 2
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding- Expected standard
- 93%
- Higher standard
- 26%
Rank 3
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding- Expected standard
- 87%
- Higher standard
- 23%
Rank 4
De Lacy Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding- Expected standard
- 80%
- Higher standard
- 18%
Rank 5
- Expected standard
- 89%
- Higher standard
- 26%
Rank 6
- Expected standard
- 80%
- Higher standard
- 20%
Rank 7
Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 83%
- Higher standard
- 20%
Rank 8
Grove Lea Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding- Expected standard
- 77%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 9
The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 73%
- Higher standard
- 32%
Rank 10
Ackworth Mill Dam School
Report card: Expected standard- Expected standard
- 68%
- Higher standard
- 24%
Rank 11
Northfield Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement- Expected standard
- 83%
- Higher standard
- 27%
Rank 12
- Expected standard
- 73%
- Higher standard
- 13%
Rank 13
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 77%
- Higher standard
- 10%
Rank 14
St Giles C of E Academy
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 78%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 15
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 71%
- Higher standard
- 11%
Rank 16
- Expected standard
- 75%
- Higher standard
- 13%
Rank 17
West End Academy
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 73%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 18
St Helen's CE Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 58%
- Higher standard
- 3%
Rank 19
Darrington Church of England Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Good- Expected standard
- 64%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 20
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 55%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 21
- Expected standard
- 42%
- Higher standard
- 4%
Rank 22
Ash Grove Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 48%
- Higher standard
- 2%
Rank 23
South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 51%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 24
- Expected standard
- 35%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 25
Upton Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 47%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 26
Fitzwilliam Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good- Expected standard
- 50%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 27
- Expected standard
- 35%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 28
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 30%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 29
South Kirkby Academy
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 32%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 30
King's Meadow Academy
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good- Expected standard
- 45%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 31
Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard- Expected standard
- 40%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 32
Cherry Tree Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement- Expected standard
- 49%
- Higher standard
- 5%
Rank 33
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Ofsted: Requires improvement- Expected standard
- 46%
- Higher standard
- 1%
Primary schools in Pontefract without a rank
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Ofsted: GoodFeatherstone Purston Infant School
Ofsted: GoodSouth Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard