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Gawthorpe Community Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
High Street, Gawthorpe, Ossett WF5 9QP · gawthorpe.inspirepartnership.org.uk · 01924 679680
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wakefield 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 231
- 98% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 40 | 1.3▲ | 65% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Wakefield it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Gawthorpe Community Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2022
- 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Dec 2005Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 36
- 16% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied