Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Castleford, Wakefield·WF10 1PN
Composite score
30.8
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National rank
#1412
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#89
In Wakefield
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
34 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.76
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
79
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.8120230.9520240.9320250.762026

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

Every child who put Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
428
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,844
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy

Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy is a primary school in Castleford, Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 428 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 21.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 34 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 25.2 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.

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