Primary school

Gawthorpe Community Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Wakefield
  • WF5 9QP
Ofsted Good · inspected Dec 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,013 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 60%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 12%12%2016/17: top 2%2% · 2016/172017/18: top 18%2018/19: top 20%2022/23: top 81%2023/24: top 16%2024/25: top 60%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Expected standard, RWM60% · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%4/10 Below
Higher standard, RWM13% · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%8/10 Above
Reading score105 · Yorkshire and The Humber 1055/10 Middle
Maths score104 · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.54/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 76% · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 50%2016/17: 93% · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2017/18: 80% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 65%2018/19: 79% · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 66%2022/23: 47% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2023/24: 77% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 62%2024/25: 60% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%93%47%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 3%2016/17: 14% · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2017/18: 17% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2018/19: 21% · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 8%2022/23: 10% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2023/24: 13% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2024/25: 13% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%21%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 104 · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1022016/17: 108 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032017/18: 107 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052018/19: 106 · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042022/23: 105 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052023/24: 108 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052024/25: 105 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 105108104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032016/17: 107 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042017/18: 108 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042018/19: 107 · 29 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052022/23: 104 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042023/24: 106 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042024/25: 104 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.5108104No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
30 of 30 who put it first2014 · 67.4%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3030
2nd90
3rd120

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2022

  1. 2005Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2008Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026231
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.8%
First language not English10.6%
SEN support8.0%
EHC plan2.2%
Absence (sessions missed)3.5%
Persistently absent pupils7.8%

Girls 51.3%Boys 48.7%

97.9% full · 236 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher25.8
Pupils per adult16.5
  • Classroom teachers 7.8
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 2.2
  • Other support 7.9

Teachers 8.8 FTE · Whole workforce 18.9 · 31 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,475
Spend per pupil£6,152
Staff spend per pupil£4,677
Reserve per pupil£610
  • +£136,000revenue reserve
  • +£72,000in-year balance

Grants £6,386 · self-generated £274 · premises £448 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £1,670,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it