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Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

Pontefract, WF9 1AJ · Wakefield · primary school

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Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Primary Church of England
6.7/10 Above average

28th of 98 primary schools in Wakefield we can score, 113 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 7.5/10 against 4,299 of them, against 7.5/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 73.0 · 73 40% 2.93
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 13.0 · 78 25% 1.94

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 73.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. The higher standard was reached by 13.0%. Ofsted rated the school Good in March 2023. Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so they are not simply a reflection of who attends (7.5 out of 10 either way).

Getting in. The school has 210 pupils in a school with 210 places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage admissions when demand exceeds the 210 available places? What does the daily timetable look like for a child in Year 6? How does the school support pupils who are not yet meeting the expected standard in maths?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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