Ackworth Mill Dam School

Academy converter · Primary school · Pontefract, Wakefield

WF7 7PH

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

72.2

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

#1,431

National rank

#140

In Yorkshire and The Humber

#20

In Wakefield

Top 10%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

68%

% achieving higher RWM ?

24%

Reading average scaled score ?

107.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

105.0

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) 69% → 68% ▼ 1.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 219 % FSM ever-6 16.9% % EAL 2.3% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Pontefract · 0.5 mi 77.3 Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Pontefract · 0.7 mi 75.3 Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Pontefract · 1.5 mi 62.6 Fitzwilliam Primary School Pontefract · 1.9 mi 32.5 King's Meadow Academy Pontefract · 1.9 mi 29.2 West End Academy Pontefract · 2.2 mi 47.4 Grove Lea Primary School Pontefract · 2.3 mi 58.2 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Pontefract · 2.4 mi 19.5