Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Voluntary controlled school · Primary school · Pontefract, Wakefield

WF7 5BG

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

31.1

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#12,731

National rank

#1371

In Yorkshire and The Humber

#87

In Wakefield

Top 89%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

46%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

102.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

102.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 49% → 46% ▼ 3.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 354 % FSM ever-6 45.8% % EAL 11.9% Age range 7–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Pontefract · 0.7 mi 32.0 Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Pontefract · 1.3 mi 59.0 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School Pontefract · 1.6 mi 98.1 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · 1.8 mi 90.8 Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · 1.9 mi 26.0 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract Pontefract · 2.1 mi 61.7 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Pontefract · 2.1 mi 83.4 Sharlston Community School Wakefield · 2.1 mi 57.9