Primary
Airedale Infant Academy
Poplar Avenue, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3QJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 206 of 180 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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)Earlier inspections1
November 2019
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Poplar Avenue, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3QJ
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
- Kirsten Mckechnie
- Address
- Poplar Avenue, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3QJ
- Telephone
- 01977519281