Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School continues to provide a good education for its pupils, demonstrating a strong commitment to kindness, respect, and inclusion. Leaders have established a supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and personally, showing high levels of respect and engagement. The school features a well-structured curriculum designed to accommodate all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), contributing to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and clear expectations for learning.
• High-quality support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong personal development programs fostering responsible citizenship.
• Effective training for teachers leading to quality curriculum delivery.
• Inclusive ethos with strong community ties.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum links between early years and Year 1 need improvement.
• A small number of pupils have concerning patterns of absence.

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 Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource 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 Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.5% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 7 pupils.

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 Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource received £6,818 and spent £6,775 for each of its 236 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £118,000 (£502 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 Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource last inspected by Ofsted?

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource have?

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource has 245 pupils on roll.

What age range does Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource cover?

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource?

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource is at Field Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7RU.