Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Pontefract, Wakefield·WF8 2HN
Composite score
22.8
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#14,254
National rank
#1526
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#96
In Wakefield
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
35%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.35
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9320231.0320240.6020250.952026

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

Every child who put Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
196
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,995
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Pontefract, Wakefield, Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 196 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 35% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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