St Helen's CE Primary School
Highfield Road, Pontefract, WF9 4EG
215 pupils · 80% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- ENHANCE ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Free school meals
- 47.7%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 February 2023, published 22 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 58% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 24 | 23 | 48 | 23 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 27 | 23 | 45 | 27 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 25 | 20 | 45 | 23 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 18 | 16 | 25 | 16 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 21 | 20 | 35 | 21 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 28 | 28 | 41 | 28 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 27 | 19 | 31 | 22 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 21 | 16 | 26 | 16 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- West End Academy 0.8 km · Improved significantly (2024)
- Grove Lea Primary School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- King's Meadow Academy 2.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- South Hiendley Primary School 2.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.