Featherstone Purston Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Pontefract, Wakefield
Featherstone Purston Infant School is a primary school in Pontefract, Wakefield for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023.
Key facts
- Address
- Nunns Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5HF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Wakefield
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community at Featherstone Purston Infants School.”
- “Pupils, parents, carers and staff are proud to be part of this community and work in partnership together.”
- “Leaders and staff are caring and nurturing.”
To improve
- “Despite this, systems for checking the curriculum are not strong enough.”
- “At times, leaders do not have a clear enough picture of what is working well and what could continue to improve.”
- “However, this is not the same for all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 55 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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- Earlier years of applications and offers
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A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wakefield.
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.2 mi Requires improvement
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained
- Larks Hill Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged
- Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.7 mi Not judged
- Carleton Park Junior and Infant School 1.9 mi Not judged
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract 2.0 mi Good