Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School at a glance

Located in Pontefract, Wakefield, Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 354 pupils aged 7 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 46% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.