Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery

Community school·Infant school Castleford, Wakefield·WF10 1HF

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

30 first choices, 33 places

First choices per place

0.91

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 33 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.9220230.8520240.9520250.912026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 174
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

16.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,076

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford Castleford · 0.2 mi 42.0 Castleford Park Junior Academy Castleford · 0.3 mi 50.2 Half Acres Primary Academy Castleford · 0.7 mi 46.9 Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy Castleford · 0.7 mi 30.6 Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy Castleford · 1.1 mi 30.8 Airedale Junior Academy Castleford · 1.2 mi 45.0 Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford Castleford · 1.3 mi 19.5 Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Castleford · 1.3 mi 46.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery

Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Castleford, Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 174 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school.

Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 30 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.