Primary
St Giles C of E Academy
St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 337 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.0
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ENHANCE ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.5
- Pupils
- 345
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 January 2025
Improved significantly
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
78%
15 points above the Pontefract average (63% across 33 schools)
104.0
0.7 below the Pontefract average (104.7 across 33 schools)
13th 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 | 108 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 78% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
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 | 76% |
| 23/24 | 80% |
| 24/25 | 78% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG
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
- Headteacher
- Andrew Richard Grace
- Address
- St Giles C of E Academy, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG
- Telephone
- 01977794179