Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Pontefract, Wakefield
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School is a primary school in Pontefract, Wakefield for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024.
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Catchment area for Featherstone Girnhill 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
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Girnhill Infant School, Pontefract, WF7 5JB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Wakefield
- Pupils on roll
- 103 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school provides a warm and welcoming learning environment for its pupils.”
- “Leaders create a strong culture within the school through its values of respect, responsibility, recognition and resilience.”
- “Pupils know how these values help them become better learners.”
To improve
- “However, there is very little opportunity for pupils to demonstrate their writing skills in the wider curriculum.”
- “This means pupils do not develop their writing skills well through other subjects, such as history and geography.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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 Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.3 mi Requires improvement
- Featherstone Purston Infant School 0.3 mi Good
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Larks Hill Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged
- Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.9 mi Not judged
- Sharlston Community School 2.1 mi Standards maintained