Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School

Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School has experienced significant improvement since its previous inadequate inspection. Under the leadership of a new headteacher, the school has made strides in enhancing its educational quality, with a focus on exciting and engaging learning opportunities for pupils. Students exhibit positive behavior, feel safe, and enjoy their school experience, with many appreciating the celebration of their achievements. However, the school still faces challenges in attendance and in ensuring that all pupils consistently apply their phonics knowledge in their writing, particularly as they enter key stage 1.

Strengths

• Improved quality of education since the last inspection
• Effective leadership and a clear, ambitious vision
• Pupils enjoy learning and appreciate the engaging teaching methods
• Strong behaviour and positive attitudes among pupils
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Effective phonics teaching with expert staff
• Continued emphasis on reading and literacy development
• Valuable extra-curricular opportunities for pupils
• Strong relationships among pupils and staff with a respectful school culture

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent achievement in modern foreign languages and computing
• Some teachers lack confidence in teaching MFL and computing
• A small number of pupils do not apply their phonics knowledge to writing at the start of key stage 1
• Attendance remains below the national average

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.5% of pupils at Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.7% of pupils at Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School received £8,285 and spent £8,537 for each of its 192 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £163,000 (£848 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School have?

Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School has 198 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School cover?

Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School?

Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School is at Painthorpe Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 3HW.