Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Gordon Street, Pontefract, WF7 6LW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Cunnington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 338
- URN
- 108206
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01977799888
About this school
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School is a community primary school in Pontefract. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 338 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 23 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 56% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 7% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 67% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 67% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 64% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wakefield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 59.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 62.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 63.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 341 |
| 2023/24 | 348 |
| 2024/25 | 343 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School compares
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School ranked 90th of 98 primary schools in Wakefield for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 5.2% | 23.8% | 338 | — |
| Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy | 71% | 5% | 18.8% | 227 | 0.7 miles |
| Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | 46% | 7.7% | 45.8% | 314 | 0.8 miles |
| Featherstone Purston Infant School | — | 7.6% | 30.7% | 203 | 0.9 miles |
| Featherstone Girnhill Infant School | — | 6.6% | 46.5% | 103 | 1.0 miles |
| Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | 93% | 3.7% | 24% | 434 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.78%
- English as an additional language
- 7.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.2%
- Persistent absence
- 11.94%
Location
Nearby schools
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Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Pontefract
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Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Pontefract
-
Featherstone Purston Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Pontefract
-
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Pontefract
-
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Pontefract
Other schools in Pontefract
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School ranks 28th of the 33 ranked primary schools in Pontefract.
- Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary
- Ackworth Mill Dam School Primary
- Ash Grove Primary Academy Primary
- Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary
- Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Primary
- Cherry Tree Academy Primary
- Darrington Church of England Primary School Primary
- De Lacy Primary School Primary
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Primary
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Primary
- Featherstone Purston Infant School Primary
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School teach?
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Pontefract.
- Who is the headteacher of Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School?
- The headteacher of Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School is Mrs Michelle Cunnington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School?
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School has 338 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School full?
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School has capacity for 315 pupils and 338 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School a faith school?
- No. Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School as having nursery classes.
- How have Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School rank locally?
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School ranked 90th of 98 primary schools in Wakefield for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School's absence rate?
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.