Primary
Cherry Tree Academy
Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 233 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- WATERTON ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 24.4
- Pupils per adult
- 10.0
- Pupils
- 243
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 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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 inspections1
March 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
49%
14 points below the Pontefract average (63% across 33 schools)
101.0
3.7 below the Pontefract average (104.7 across 33 schools)
31st 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 | 100 |
| Average reading score | 101 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 49% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
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 | 26% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 49% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN
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
- Adam Dawson
- Address
- Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN
- Telephone
- 01924967603