Townville Academy
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Townville Academy is a sponsored academy in Castleford for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 111 pupils and room for 180. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 0 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 0% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was requires improvement, back in 2023.
Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford, WF10 3QJ01977 554185townvilleinfants.org.ukMrs Caroline Burden headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 January 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Requires improvement overall.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
89 places were empty (49% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wakefield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (21), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), emotional and mental health (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 111 | 121 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 21% | 31% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 21% | 14% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 20% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 6% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 7.6% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 10.5% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.8% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 3.9% | 2.1% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 1.7% | 2.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 23.2% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 33.3% | 13.2% | 12.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Castleford Townville Infants' School, the school this one replaced in June 2024. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airedale Infant Academy | Academy | 0 m | 206 | Good 2019 | 19 | Compare |
| Airedale Junior Academy | Academy | 20 m | 385 | Good 2023 | 22 | Compare |
| Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford | Council | 610 m | 471 | Good 2023 | 8 | Compare |
| Oyster Park Primary Academy | Academy | 970 m | 349 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| Glasshoughton Infant Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 222 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
| Castleford Park Junior Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 412 | Good 2024 | 42 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford | Academy | 1.2 miles | 197 | No overall grade 2024 | 32 | Compare |
| Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery | Council | 1.3 miles | 169 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Townville Academy with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher
Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Townville Academy, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School | Foundation | 10.4 miles | 111 | Good 2022 | 63 | Compare |
| Earlsheaton Infant School | Academy | 12.3 miles | 80 | Good 2024 | 58 | Compare |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 12.8 miles | 160 | Good 2020 | 14 | Compare |
| Arksey Primary School | Council | 14.1 miles | 76 | Report card 2026 | 95 | Compare |
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 0 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 0% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 0 to 1. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old) | well below | -1.76 | Ofsted grade, 3.6 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | well below | -0.38 | 2024/25; 69 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Townville Academy a good school?
The figures are weak. Townville Academy scores 0 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 0% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 0 to 1, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Townville Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Townville Academy requires improvement at its last full inspection on 24 January 2023.
How many pupils does Townville Academy have?
111 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 62% full.
Is Townville Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 89 places were empty in 2024/25 (49% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Townville Academy?
Pupils were in school 92.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 23% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Townville Academy?
The average class had 17.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Poplar Avenue, Townville, Castleford, WF10 3QJ
- Telephone
- 01977 554185
- Website
- www.townvilleinfants.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Burden
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Accomplish Multi Academy Trust Limited (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Ward
- Airedale and Ferry Fryston
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150627 · LAESTAB 3842044 · UKPRN 10094496
- Formerly
- Castleford Townville Infants' School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.