Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Girnhill Infant School, Pontefract, WF7 5JBOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School is a primary school in Pontefract for ages 3 to 7. It is one of the 155 schools in Wakefield. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in May 2019.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 8 May 2019, report published 16 June 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 14 May 2024
The school provides a warm and welcoming learning environment for its pupils. Leaders create a strong culture within the school through its values of respect, responsibility, recognition and resilience. Pupils know how these values help them become better learners. Relationships between pupils and adults are warm and caring. Pupils enjoy spending time with each other in the playground and classrooms. They help each other learn to read and discuss their new learning together. Pupils typically behave with kindness, respect and an eagerness for learning. Children in the early years develop strong learning behaviours quickly. They become increasingly independent and confident. Pupils throughout the school build securely on these firm foundations. They are confident that any unkind behaviour will be dealt with by the adults in the school. The school has high expectations for all pupils in school, including those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school motto of `Every child matters, Every moment counts' means that everyone is focused on pupils learning the key knowledge securely. As a result, pupils achieve well across a broad range of subjects. Pupils enjoy the curriculum trips that are arranged for them. For example, they told the inspector about the history visit to Pontefract Castle. This helped pupils make links to their learning in the classroom and deepen their understanding of the key knowledge.
What the school should improve
- Expectations for developing writing in a few foundation subjects are not yet embedded. Leaders have already identified this as a next step. As a result, pupils do not improve their writing skills quickly in these subjects. The school needs to make sure pupils develop and advance their writing across the wider curriculum.
Pupil numbers and mix
103 pupils on roll, with places for 135
Schools near Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 46% met the expected standard |
| Featherstone Purston Infant School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 42% met the expected standard |
| Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 71% met the expected standard |
| Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School | 2 miles | Report card: Needs attention to expected standard | 40% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Frances Golec
- Phone
- 01977702261
- Address
- Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Girnhill Infant School, Pontefract, WF7 5JB
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- URN
- 144573
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.