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South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Common Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract WF9 3EA · 01977 651918
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 208
- 81% of 258 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.9%
- First language not English
- 5.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 48 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 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 36 | 1▲ | 97% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Positive
- 86%
- Replies
- 22
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on 3 parents (14%) whose child was bullied
based on 4 parents (18%) with SEND