Ofsted inspection · 17/10/2019
Overview of Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School · Primary · Wakefield
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 45% | 3% | 55% | 23% | 64% | 3% | 61% | 15% | 72% | 57% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 | — | — | — | 25% | 618 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 1% | 67% | 26% | 57% | 1% | 70% | 20% | 73% | 64% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 23% | 625 |
| 2022/23 | 38% | 2% | 48% | 10% | 64% | 2% | 51% | 14% | 70% | 60% | 100.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 | -5.60 | -2.80 | -5.20 | 28% | 618 |
| 2018/19 | 82% | 9% | 88% | 48% | 88% | 45% | 86% | 16% | 91% | 88% | 110.0 | 106.0 | 111.0 | +3.50 | +3.20 | -0.60 | 27% | 614 |
| 2017/18 | 74% | 17% | 86% | 63% | 82% | 38% | 79% | 23% | 85% | 82% | 112.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 | +5.20 | +3.00 | +1.10 | 27% | 605 |
| 2016/17 | 51% | 5% | 62% | 17% | 70% | 26% | 76% | 16% | 78% | 70% | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 | -2.80 | +0.30 | -1.70 | 28% | 613 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 618 | 24.1 | 25% | 34% | 25% | 5% | 14% |
| 2023/24 | 625 | 25.8 | 23% | 31% | 28% | 6% | 22% |
| 2022/23 | 618 | 23.1 | 28% | 29% | 29% | 8% | 28% |
| 2021/22 | 623 | 23.6 | 32% | 31% | 28% | 8% | 27% |
| 2020/21 | 620 | 22.3 | 29% | 31% | 28% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 614 | 21.2 | 27% | 33% | 31% | 6% | 19% |
| 2017/18 | 605 | 25.8 | 27% | 31% | 31% | 5% | 13% |
| 2016/17 | 613 | 26.1 | 28% | 30% | 34% | 5% | 11% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.