Ark Carleton Park Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Pontefract (Wakefield).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to Carleton Park Junior & Infant School. All staff at Carleton Park strive to ensure that our pupils are provided with the opportunity to be the best they can be.
We aim to inspire, challenge and support our pupils to achieve, through our school values RESPECT - RESILIENCE - INDEPENDENCE - TEAMWORK - EXCELLENCE all of which underpin our school motto BE THE BEST You CAN BE. In 2023, we were extremely proud of our Year 6 cohort, who achieved some magnificent Key Stage 2 SATs outcomes.
These outcomes build upon the unbelievable achievements we have seen as a school consistently over the last 6 years. In reading, writing and maths the outcomes resulted in Carleton Park being placed in the top 1% of the country. In terms of the pupil's progress scores, our pupils were also placed in the top 1% in the country respectively for reading, writing and maths!
To be crowned the number 1 school in Wakefield and to be joint 1 st in West Yorkshire for pupil attainment is something we are overwhelmingly proud of.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
Key facts
- URN
- 140337
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (6 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Joanna Kneafsey | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Hannah Norman | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Rebecca Caunce | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sarah Keniwell | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Michelle Winter | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mr David Dunn | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Mrs Lucy Hatton Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
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