Primary
Oyster Park Primary Academy
Watling Road, Ferry Fryston, Castleford, WF10 3SN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 349 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.1
- Pupils per adult
- 11.7
- Pupils
- 351
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 February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
October 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
43%
14 points below the Castleford average (57% across 10 schools)
100.0
3.7 below the Castleford average (103.7 across 10 schools)
10th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Castleford we can score - 15 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 | 100 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 43% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 64% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Watling Road, Ferry Fryston, Castleford, WF10 3SN
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
- Acting Headteacher
- Jodie Chapman-Kemp
- Address
- Watling Road, Ferry Fryston, Castleford, WF10 3SN
- Telephone
- 01977515994