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Townville Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Sponsored academy
Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford WF10 3QJ · townvilleinfants.org.uk · 01977 554185
On the mapSearch near WF10 3QJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 111
- 62% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- First language not English
- 20.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 23 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Townville Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108229)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2019
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108229), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Requires 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 Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108229)
Jan 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 Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108229)
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108229)