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Cherry Tree Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Cobblers Lane, Pontefract WF8 2HN · cherrytreeacademy.org · 01924 967603
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 49%
- 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
- 233
- 74% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 48.1%
- First language not English
- 11.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 16 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 17 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ▼49% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134278)
Ofsted
Cherry Tree Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134278), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134278)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 35
- 15% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (6%) whose child was bullied
based on 14 parents (40%) with SEND