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Featherstone Purston Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Nunns Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract WF7 5HF · purstoninfants.co.uk · 01977 704344
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 203
- 23 over 180 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 50 | 1▲ | 98% |
Ofsted
Featherstone Purston Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (76 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 76
- 37% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 53% who raised concerns
based on the 7% who had a child bullied