Airedale Junior Academy

Academy sponsor led · Primary school · Castleford, Wakefield

WF10 3EP

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

45.0

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

#8,810

National rank

#897

In Yorkshire and The Humber

#57

In Wakefield

Top 62%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

62%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

104.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

104.0

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) 37% → 62% ▲ 25.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 378 % FSM ever-6 41.0% % EAL 6.3% Age range 7–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford Castleford · 0.4 mi 19.5 Oyster Park Primary Academy Castleford · 0.7 mi 28.0 Castleford Park Junior Academy Castleford · 1.0 mi 50.2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford Castleford · 1.2 mi 42.0 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · 1.5 mi 88.2 Half Acres Primary Academy Castleford · 1.6 mi 46.9 St Giles C of E Academy Pontefract · 1.7 mi 58.9 Willow Green Academy Knottingley · 1.8 mi 44.4