Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Pontefract, Wakefield
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Pontefract, Wakefield for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2023.
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Catchment area for Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Gordon Street, Pontefract, WF7 6LW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wakefield
- Pupils on roll
- 338 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2023
Strengths
- “North Featherstone Junior and Infant School is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “The school’s values of ‘Respect, Resilience, Aspiration, Success’ sum up the school’s ethos well.”
- “Staff care deeply about their pupils and families.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, such as religious education, these checks do not take place routinely.”
- “As a result, the school does not ensure that these subjects are delivered as well as they could be.”
- “Where this is the case, a small number of pupils sometimes lose focus in class.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 42% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 39 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wakefield.
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.8 mi Requires improvement
- Featherstone Purston Infant School 0.9 mi Good
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Larks Hill Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract 1.4 mi Good
- Carleton Park Junior and Infant School 1.7 mi Not judged