The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School

The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all key areas of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school is characterized by a positive environment where strong relationships are nurtured among pupils and staff, fostering a sense of safety and respect. Leaders have made significant changes to the curriculum that are benefitting pupils, which is evident through their enthusiasm for learning and the care they show for one another. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the school's ability to adapt and support students during this time has been noteworthy.

Strengths

• Strong positive relationships among pupils and staff.
• Effective bullying management and fostering of pupils' confidence.
• Well-designed curriculum that is making a positive impact.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Clear phonics curriculum with structured teaching methods.
• Promotes a love of reading with regular story times and reading opportunities.
• Effective safeguarding culture and responsive strategies.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the teaching of early reading.
• Lack of rigorous assessment for lower-attaining readers in key stage 2.
• Monitoring systems for school improvement actions lack precision.

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 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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, 2.8% of pupils at The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery 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 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 16.2% of pupils at The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School received £7,171 and spent £7,534 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £70,000 (£341 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 The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School have?

The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School cover?

The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School?

The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School is at The Mount, Thornes Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 8QW.