Primary schools in Pontefract
36 primary schools in Pontefract, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Pontefract in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 34 schools in Pontefract first 1,051 times for 1,048 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 8 of the 34 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 8 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.26 miles (Grove Lea Primary School) to 2.30 miles (Ark De Lacy Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Ark Carleton Park Primary School
- Ark De Lacy Primary School
- Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School
- Ark Larks Hill Primary School
- Grove Lea Primary School
- Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
- Ark Orchard Head Primary School
- Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary School
- Ash Grove Primary Academy
- Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
- Darrington Church of England Primary School
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
- Featherstone Purston Infant School
- Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource
- Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
- South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School
- South Kirkby Academy
- South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
- St Helen's CE Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
- Upton Primary School
- St Giles C of E Academy
- Ackworth Mill Dam School
- Ark Northfield Primary School
- Cherry Tree Academy
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Fitzwilliam Primary School
- King's Meadow Academy
- Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
- West End Academy
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