Airedale Junior Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Castleford · WF10 3EP · Wakefield
Ages 7–11
- KS237%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM41.0%
0.1 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 108229
Castleford Townville Infants' School
Community school · Castleford · WF10 3QJ
Ages 3–7 · 135 pupils · Wakefield
Overall absence
6.6%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.0%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 74
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
23
Places offered
25
1st-preference offers
23
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 58
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 23
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill75%
135 pupils · 180 places
- Pupils on roll
- 135
- Boys / girls
- 71 / 64
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 135 / 180 (75%)
- Free school meals
- 33.9%
- FSM pupils
- 40
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Burden
Location
- Address
- Poplar Avenue, Townville
- Postcode
- WF10 3QJ
- Town
- Castleford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–7, in Castleford, Wakefield, 135 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 33.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Airedale Infant Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Castleford · WF10 3QJ · Wakefield
Ages 3–7
- Absence7.3%
- FSM20.5%
- Demand0.95
0.1 miles away
Townville Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Castleford · WF10 3QJ · Wakefield
Ages 3–7
- FSM23.5%
0.1 miles away
Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Castleford · WF10 3DB · Wakefield
Ages 2–11
- KS253%
- Absence9.2%
- FSM51.7%
- Demand1.03
0.4 miles away
Oyster Park Primary Academy
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Castleford · WF10 3SN · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS264%
- Absence8.2%
- FSM50.9%
- Demand1.00
0.5 miles away
Glasshoughton Infant Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Castleford · WF10 4BH · Wakefield
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.2%
- FSM7.0%
- Demand1.29
1.0 miles away
Castleford Park Junior Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Castleford · WF10 4BB · Wakefield
Ages 7–11
- KS259%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM24.0%
1.2 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Pontefract · WF8 2NJ · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS288%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM23.1%
- Demand0.98
1.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Burden