Schools in Pontefract
Ranked by our score, closest first where two schools tie.
Pontefract has 46 schools: 36 primary schools, 7 secondary schools, 1 nursery schools and 1 sixth forms and colleges. Between them they teach around 16,043 pupils. 39 of them have enough published data for a score, averaging 6.1 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.
5 schools have a sixth form. 29 have an attached nursery. 13 have a religious character, which usually means their own admissions criteria.
Jump to primary schools, secondary schools, nursery schools or sixth forms and colleges.
Primary
Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
Pontefract, WF7 7HH
7.4/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 229
Primary
Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Pontefract, WF8 3JY
7.0/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 105
Primary
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
Pontefract, WF9 1AJ
6.9/10- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 210
Secondary
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
5.4/10- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1470
Primary
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Pontefract, WF7 6LW
5.1/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 338
Primary
Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF8 2HN
4.6/10- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 199
Primary
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Pontefract, WF7 5BG
3.5/10- Ages
- 7–11
- Pupils
- 314
Primary
South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
Pontefract, WF9 3EA
No score- Ages
- 3–7
- Pupils
- 208