Wavell Community Junior School
Wavell Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 3BJ
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Wavell Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gillian Crouch
- Constituency
- Richmond (Yorks)
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 146
- URN
- 121343
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Wavell Community Junior School was a community primary school in Catterick Garrison. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 146 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wavell Community Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 43 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 21% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 51% | 51% |
| Expected standard in maths | 35% | 35% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.70 | - |
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 Wavell Community Junior 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 | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 26% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 170 |
| 2023/24 | 146 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wavell Community Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 20.5% | 146 | — |
| Wavell Community Primary School | 41% | 6.1% | 17.2% | 193 | 0.0 miles |
| Carnagill Community Primary School | 26% | 6.5% | 20.7% | 134 | 0.4 miles |
| Hipswell Church of England Primary School | 48% | 6.4% | 28.5% | 154 | 0.7 miles |
| Cambrai Primary School | — | 4.8% | 15.8% | 207 | 0.8 miles |
| Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School | 38% | 4.8% | 15.5% | 424 | 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.5%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 18.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wavell Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Catterick Garrison
-
Carnagill Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Catterick Garrison
-
Hipswell Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Catterick Garrison
-
Cambrai Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Catterick Garrison
-
Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Catterick Garrison
Other schools in Catterick Garrison
- Cambrai Primary School Primary
- Carnagill Community Primary School Primary
- Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School Primary
- Colburn Community Primary School Primary
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wavell Community Primary School Primary
- Risedale School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wavell Community Junior School teach?
- Wavell Community Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Catterick Garrison.
- Has Wavell Community Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wavell Community Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Wavell Community Junior School?
- Wavell Community Junior School had 146 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Wavell Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 26% in 2022/23 and 21% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Wavell Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wavell Community Junior 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 9 July 2024.