Cherry Tree Academy

URN: 134278 • Pontefract WF8 2HN

Overview

Name: Cherry Tree Academy
URN: 134278
Type: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
Status: Closed
Gender: Mixed
Religious: Does not apply
Admissions: Not applicable
Trust: Pontefract Education Trust
Private: No
Ofsted rating: Special Measures
Ranking score: 36.6 / 100

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Leadership & Contact

Headteacher: K Briggs (since 2025)
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Address: Cobblers Lane, Pontefract WF8 2HN

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Nearby alternatives

Hemsworth Grove Lea Primary School (71.9)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (70.2)
Grove Lea Primary School (69.3)
Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School (65.4)
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School (63.9)

Key details

LA: Wakefield
Age range: 3 - 11
Boarders: No boarders
Sixth form: Does not have a sixth form
Trust: Pontefract Education Trust

Capacity: 331
Pupils: 325
Boys: 155
Girls: 170
FSM %: 21.80

Open date: 2005-09-01
Close date: 2017-03-31
Last Ofsted: 2016-11-23
Next inspection
Data snapshot: 2025-07-14
County: West Yorkshire

Trends

Date	Pupils	Boys	Girls	Capacity	FSM%
2025-07-14	325	155	170	331	21.80
2024-09-11	325	155	170	331	21.80
2023-09-11	325	155	170	331	21.80
2022-09-11	325	155	170	331	21.80
2021-09-11	325	155	170	331	21.80
2020-09-11	325	155	170	331	21.80

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