Schools and Education in Featherstone

There are 90 schools within 5 miles of Featherstone town centre, including 62 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 90% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include New College Pontefract, De Lacy Primary School and Oakfield Park School. There are 6 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
90
Primary
62
Secondary
10
Good / Outstanding
90%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

5
47
6
Outstanding (5) Good (47) Requires Improvement (6) Not yet inspected (32)
New College Pontefract 16 plus 1.7 miles Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QR Inspected: 06 July 2023 De Lacy Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Chequerfield Avenue, Pontefract, WF8 2TG Inspected: 01 May 2024 Oakfield Park School 3.1 miles Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DT Inspected: 29 April 2025 Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.5 miles Lee Brig, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2LN Inspected: 17 January 2022 England Lane Academy Primary 4.9 miles England Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0JA Inspected: 18 September 2024
Featherstone Purston Infant School Primary 0.4 miles Nunn's Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5HF Inspected: 29 March 2023 Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Primary 0.5 miles Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JB Inspected: 24 June 2024 The Featherstone Academy Secondary 0.7 miles Leatham Crescent, Pontefract, WF7 5AJ Inspected: 25 May 2022 The King's School Secondary 1.7 miles Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF Inspected: 28 November 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract Primary 1.9 miles Newgate, Pontefract, WF8 4AA Inspected: 21 May 2024 Sharlston Children's Centre 2.3 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Inspected: 09 August 2013 St Giles C of E Academy Primary 2.3 miles Skinner Lane, Skinner Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1HG Inspected: 31 January 2025 Carleton High School Secondary 2.4 miles Green Lane, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NW Inspected: 16 December 2024 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School Primary 2.5 miles Carleton Road, Carleton, Pontefract, WF8 3NP Inspected: 16 February 2023 Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary 2.5 miles Station Road, Low Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7HH Inspected: 24 June 2024 St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Beckbridge Lane, Normanton, WF6 2HZ Inspected: 16 January 2024 Harewood Centre Nursery School Nursery 2.5 miles Harewood Avenue, Pontefract, WF8 2ER Inspected: 21 September 2022 Normanton Common Primary Academy Primary 2.6 miles Castleford Road, Normanton, WF6 1QU Inspected: 25 September 2024 Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Primary 2.7 miles Bell Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7JH Inspected: 11 November 2022 Acorn Children's Centre 2.7 miles College Grove, Castleford, WF10 5NS Inspected: 17 April 2012 Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Primary 2.7 miles College Grove, Whitwood, Castleford, WF10 5NS Inspected: 04 May 2023 Pomfret Children's Centre 2.7 miles Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DD Inspected: 29 February 2012 High Well School 2.7 miles Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DD Inspected: 23 November 2022 Normanton Junior Academy Primary 2.8 miles Church Lane, Normanton, WF6 1EY Inspected: 14 September 2023 Butterflies Children's Centre 2.8 miles Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB Inspected: 13 July 2011 Glasshoughton Infant Academy Primary 3 miles Newfield Avenue, Castleford, WF10 4BH Inspected: 09 May 2023 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.1 miles Orchard Head Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2NJ Inspected: 07 May 2025 Castleford Park Junior Academy Primary 3.1 miles Medley Street, Castleford, WF10 4BB Inspected: 24 May 2024 Castleford Three Lane Ends Academy Primary 3.2 miles Methley Road, Castleford, WF10 1PN Inspected: 22 December 2023 Crofton Junior School Primary 3.2 miles Slack Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1HJ Inspected: 15 September 2023 Crofton Academy Secondary 3.3 miles High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NF Inspected: 26 September 2023 Airedale Junior Academy Primary 3.3 miles Woodlands Avenue, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3EP Inspected: 15 June 2023 Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery Primary 3.3 miles Francis Street, Castleford, WF10 1HF Inspected: 26 June 2025 Airedale Infant Academy Primary 3.4 miles Poplar Avenue, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3QJ Inspected: 09 July 2025 Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School Primary 3.4 miles Shay Lane, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NN Inspected: 27 March 2024 Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford Primary 3.7 miles Stansfield Drive, Castleford, WF10 3DB Inspected: 22 January 2024 Martin Frobisher Infant School Primary 3.7 miles Church Road, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NU Inspected: 21 September 2022 Willow Green Academy Primary 4 miles Hampden Close, Knottingley, WF11 8PT Inspected: 10 October 2023 Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary 4.2 miles Main Street, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AJ Inspected: 31 March 2023 Methley Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Savile Road, Methley, Leeds, LS26 9HT Inspected: 14 November 2022 Balance Alternative Provision 4.4 miles Fishergate, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, WF11 8NE Inspected: 29 April 2025 West End Academy Primary 4.5 miles Regent Street, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4QJ Inspected: 14 January 2025 Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green Primary 4.5 miles Cow Lane, Wakefield, WF4 2BE Inspected: 24 November 2022 Cedars Children's Centre 4.5 miles Barnsley Road, Hemsworth, Nr Pontefract, WF9 4PU Inspected: 15 July 2011 Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.6 miles Chapel Street, Ryhill, Wakefield, WF4 2AD Inspected: 01 February 2024 Allerton Bywater Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Leeds Road, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, WF10 2DR Inspected: 22 June 2023 Brotherton Children's Centre 4.7 miles Low Street, Brotherton, Knottingley, WF11 9HQ Inspected: 08 April 2013 Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy Primary 4.7 miles Low Street, Brotherton, Knottingley, WF11 9HQ Inspected: 30 November 2023 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Highfield Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4LJ Inspected: 15 December 2022 Compass Community School Hemsworth 4.8 miles Highfield Road, Hemsworth, WF9 4EA Inspected: 25 November 2024 Outwood Academy City Fields Secondary 4.9 miles Arncliffe Road, Wakefield, WF1 4SF Inspected: 06 May 2022 St Helen's CE Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Moorshutt Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4EG Inspected: 23 March 2023
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary 0.3 miles Wakefield Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5BG Inspected: 18 April 2024 Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 1.9 miles Belmont Street, Streethouse, Pontefract, WF7 6DJ Inspected: 17 November 2023 Cherry Tree Academy Primary 2.9 miles Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN Inspected: 20 May 2025 Airedale Academy Secondary 3.5 miles Crewe Road, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JU Inspected: 20 March 2024 Airedale Children's Centre 3.5 miles The Square, Airedale, Castleford, WF10 3JJ Inspected: 01 July 2015 Oyster Park Primary Academy Primary 4 miles Watling Road, Ferry Fryston, Castleford, WF10 3SN Inspected: 05 February 2025
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Primary 0.4 miles Gordon Street, Pontefract, WF7 6LW Inspected: 01 February 2024 Oakhill Children's Centre 0.5 miles Hardwick Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5JB Inspected: 29 January 2013 Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Primary 1 miles North Close, Pontefract, WF7 6BQ St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Secondary 1.2 miles Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6BD Larks Hill Junior and Infant School Primary 1.5 miles Larks Hill, Pontefract, WF8 4RJ Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary 1.6 miles Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4BW Carleton Park Junior and Infant School Primary 2 miles Moxon Close, Carleton Park, Pontefract, WF8 3PT Sharlston Community School Primary 2.3 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston Common, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Hammer Lane Academy 2.3 miles Woodside Crescent, Sharlston, Wakefield, WF4 1DH Ackworth School 2.3 miles Pontefract Road, Ackworth, West Yorkshire, WF7 7LT Outwood Academy Freeston Secondary 2.5 miles Favell Avenue, Normanton, WF6 1HZ Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy Primary 2.6 miles Ashton Road, Castleford, WF10 5AX Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School Primary 2.7 miles High Street, Normanton, WF6 1NR Ackworth Mill Dam School Primary 2.8 miles Millgate, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7PH Newlands Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB Half Acres Primary Academy Primary 2.8 miles Temple Street, Castleford, WF10 5RE Fitzwilliam Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Second Avenue, Pontefract, WF9 5BA Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 2.9 miles Cobblers Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HN Enrich Academy 3.1 miles Pontefract Road, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1LL St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford Primary 3.2 miles Lower Oxford Street, Castleford, WF10 4JB The Grange School 3.2 miles Methley Road, Castleford, WF10 1PN Inspected: 13 January 2025 Castleford Academy Secondary 3.2 miles Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, WF10 4JQ Normanton Altofts Junior School Primary 3.3 miles Ash Tree Gardens, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2NF Crofton Infant School Primary 3.3 miles High Street, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1NG Townville Academy Primary 3.4 miles Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford, WF10 3QJ King's Meadow Academy Primary 3.5 miles Kinsley House Crescent, Pontefract, WF9 5BP Darrington Church of England Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Denby Crest, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3SB Simpson's Lane Academy Primary 4.3 miles Sycamore Avenue, Knottingley, WF11 0PJ Outwood Academy Hemsworth Secondary 4.4 miles Woodlands Crescent, Pontefract, WF9 4AB The Vale Primary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Ferrybridge Road, Knottingley, WF11 8JF Walton Primary Academy Primary 4.7 miles The Grove, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6LD Grove Lea Primary School Primary 4.8 miles The Haverlands, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4BQ