Primary
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 434 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 32.4
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 25.6
- Pupils per adult
- 16.4
- Pupils
- 422
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2024
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)February 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
93%
30 points above the Pontefract average (63% across 33 schools)
111.0
6.3 above the Pontefract average (104.7 across 33 schools)
2nd of 33 by our score, among the primary schools in Pontefract we can score - 36 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 110 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 93% |
| Working at a higher standard | 26% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 90% |
| 23/24 | 88% |
| 24/25 | 93% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 112.0 |
| 23/24 | 112.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 111.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Wakefield admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head of School
- Ian Shuttleworth
- Address
- Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW
- Telephone
- 01977703270