South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School

Community school·Infant school Pontefract, Wakefield·WF9 3EA

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School 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%

47 first choices, 48 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 48 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0320220.9620230.9520240.9420250.982026

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

Every child who put South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School 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).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Inclusion

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 202
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

37.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

15.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

26.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,692

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

South Kirkby Academy Pontefract · 0.2 mi 20.8 Northfield Primary School Pontefract · 0.7 mi 85.4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe Pontefract · 1.4 mi 35.8 Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource Pontefract · 1.4 mi 22.8 Grove Lea Primary School Pontefract · 1.7 mi 58.2 South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School Pontefract · 1.7 mi 33.2 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Pontefract · 1.8 mi 19.5 St Helen's CE Primary School Pontefract · 1.9 mi 41.2

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

School overview

South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School is a primary school serving Pontefract, Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 202 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Good' in November 2025.

South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 47 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.