Fitzwilliam Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Pontefract (Wakefield).
KS2 RWM expected
50%
▼ 12pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
71%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
57%
▼ 17pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
75%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
95.1%
▲ 0.3pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
21.3
▲ 0.6 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
25.4%
▲ 1pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
107%
224 / 210 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Map of nearby schools
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).This schoolPrimarySecondaryAll-throughSpecialOther
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Nearby schools
nearest first77 schools within 5 miles. The nearest is King's Meadow Academy, 0.6 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Meadow AcademyAcademy converter | 0.6 mi | Primary | 234 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1; early years provision Good |
| Outwood Primary Academy Bell LaneAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Primary | 320 | Good, 2022 |
| Oakfield Park SchoolCommunity special | 1.7 mi | Special | 176 | Outstanding, 2019Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given |
| West End AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Primary | 187 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (May 2015) |
| Outwood Academy HemsworthAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 1,101 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| Outwood Primary Academy Newstead GreenAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Primary | 221 | Good, 2022 |
| Ackworth SchoolOther independent | 1.9 mi | Independent | 429 | - |
| Ackworth Mill Dam SchoolAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Primary | 225 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas |
| Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity | 2.0 mi | Primary | 225 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (Jun 2018) |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 2.1 mi | Primary | 119 | Good, 2022 |
| St Helen's CE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 2.1 mi | Primary | 215 | Good, 2023 |
| South Hiendley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 2.1 mi | Primary | 184 | Good, 2022 |
| Grove Lea Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 2.2 mi | Primary | 244 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Crofton Infant SchoolAcademy converter | 2.4 mi | Primary | 188 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (Feb 2012, previous school) |
| Crofton Junior SchoolCommunity | 2.4 mi | Primary | 231 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2023Last graded Good (May 2013) |
| Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled | 2.4 mi | Primary | 229 | Good, 2024 |
| Featherstone Girnhill Infant SchoolAcademy converter | 2.4 mi | Primary | 103 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (May 2019) |
| Crofton AcademyAcademy converter | 2.5 mi | Secondary | 1,045 | Good, 2023 |
| Featherstone Purston Infant SchoolCommunity | 2.5 mi | Primary | 203 | Good, 2023 |
| Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled | 2.6 mi | Primary | 314 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Hammer Lane AcademyOther independent special | 2.7 mi | Special | 28 | - |
| Sharlston Community SchoolAcademy converter | 2.7 mi | Primary | 239 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2014, previous school) |
| Enrich AcademyAcademy alternative provision converter | 2.8 mi | Alternative provision | 94 | Report card, 2026Needs attention in 4 areas, Urgent improvement in 2 |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) SchoolCommunity | 2.8 mi | Primary | 233 | Good, 2024 |
| Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity | 2.9 mi | Primary | 105 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 3 |
| The Featherstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 2.9 mi | Secondary | 556 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2022Last graded Good (Feb 2017) |
| Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 3.0 mi | Primary | 205 | Good, 2024 |
| Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled | 3.2 mi | Primary | 210 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2013) |
| Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity | 3.3 mi | Primary | 338 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2014) |
| Lift ShaftonAcademy sponsor led | 3.4 mi | Primary | 247 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2015) |
| Walton Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 3.5 mi | Primary | 336 | Ungraded inspection, May 2022Last graded Good (Dec 2013, previous school) |
| Ark Northfield Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 3.8 mi | Primary | 348 | Requires improvement, 2022This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| Ark Larks Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 3.8 mi | Primary | 203 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Featherstone All Saints CofE AcademyAcademy converter | 3.9 mi | Primary | 227 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2025Last graded Good (Jun 2016, previous school) |
| South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity | 3.9 mi | Primary | 208 | Report card, 2025Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 2 |
| South Kirkby AcademyAcademy converter | 4.0 mi | Primary | 186 | Good, 2023 |
| Ark The King's SchoolAcademy converter | 4.0 mi | Secondary | 1,041 | Good, 2022 |
| Ark Carleton Park Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 4.0 mi | Primary | 208 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Outwood Academy ShaftonAcademy sponsor led | 4.0 mi | Secondary | 1,377 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | 4.1 mi | Secondary | 1,470 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 6 |
| Cherry Dale Primary SchoolCommunity | 4.1 mi | Primary | 326 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 3 key judgements, Good in 1; early years provision Good |
| Ark Carleton High SchoolAcademy converter | 4.1 mi | Secondary | 1,026 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Jul 2019) |
| Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Primary | 434 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Outwood Academy FreestonAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Secondary | 993 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements |
| Parkside Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Primary | 225 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2024Last graded Good (Dec 2014) |
| Royston St John Baptist CE PrimaryAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Primary | 162 | Good, 2022 |
| Newlands Primary SchoolCommunity | 4.2 mi | Primary | 270 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Requires improvement |
| Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Primary | 330 | Good, 2023 |
| Milefield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Primary | 294 | Good, 2024 |
| Minsthorpe Community CollegeAcademy converter | 4.3 mi | Secondary | 1,609 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2014) |
| Moorthorpe Primary School with Inclusion ResourceCommunity | 4.3 mi | Primary | 216 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2024Last graded Good (Dec 2018) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MoorthorpeAcademy sponsor led | 4.3 mi | Primary | 204 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2022Last graded Good (Feb 2017) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractAcademy converter | 4.4 mi | Primary | 222 | Good, 2024 |
| Summerfields Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 4.4 mi | Primary | 214 | Good, 2023 |
| Upton Primary SchoolCommunity | 4.4 mi | Primary | 453 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2022Last graded Good (Sep 2017) |
| Normanton Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 4.4 mi | Primary | 357 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2018) |
| New College PontefractAcademy 16-19 converter | 4.4 mi | 16 plus | - | - |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.4 mi | Primary | 221 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (May 2014) |
| Normanton All Saints CofE Infant SchoolVoluntary aided | 4.4 mi | Primary | 289 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Lift MeadsteadAcademy sponsor led | 4.5 mi | Primary | 215 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Churchfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.5 mi | Primary | 419 | Good, 2024 |
| Ladywood Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.5 mi | Primary | 213 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2023Last graded Good (May 2013, previous school). This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Ash Grove Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 4.6 mi | Primary | 265 | Good, 2023 |
| Outwood Academy CarltonAcademy sponsor led | 4.6 mi | Secondary | 1,109 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2024Last graded Good (Jan 2019) |
| South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity | 4.6 mi | Primary | 454 | Good, 2022 |
| Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 4.6 mi | Primary | 608 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 1 key judgement, Requires improvement in 3; early years provision Requires improvement |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | 4.6 mi | Secondary | 762 | Good, 2023 |
| Sandal Magna Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 4.7 mi | Primary | 255 | Good, 2022 |
| Carlton Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 4.7 mi | Primary | 317 | Good, 2023 |
| Harewood Centre Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 4.8 mi | Nursery | 52 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2022Last graded Good (Dec 2013) |
| Normanton Common Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 4.8 mi | Primary | 334 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2019) |
| High Well SchoolCommunity special | 4.8 mi | Special | 104 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2022Last graded Good (May 2017) |
| St Giles C of E AcademyAcademy converter | 4.9 mi | Primary | 337 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Sep 2015) |
| The Castle Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 4.9 mi | Nursery | 108 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2023Last graded Good (Oct 2014) |
| Ark De Lacy Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 4.9 mi | Primary | 342 | Outstanding, 2024 |
| Altofts Junior AcademyAcademy converter | 4.9 mi | Primary | - | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Birkwood Primary SchoolCommunity | 5.0 mi | Primary | 432 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 30% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 3 of 10).
Overall deprivation3
Income4
Employment3
Education and skills2
Health3
Crime3
Barriers to housing and services4
Living environment8
most deprivedleast deprived
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 200
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