Featherstone Girnhill Infant School, Pontefract

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the staff, children, parents and governors we warmly welcome you to Girnhill Infant School. At Girnhill Infant School leaders are passionate that our children get the best opportunities. We believe in giving our children a curriculum that is engaging with enriching activities that foster a love of learning to enable children to succeed in life."

The school runs a breakfast club.

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put Featherstone Girnhill Infant School as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 23 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Featherstone Girnhill Infant School are Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 57% reading, 62% maths); Featherstone Purston Infant School (0.3 miles, Good); Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School (1 mile, Good, 58% reading, 58% maths); and Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy (1.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 79% maths).

Featherstone Girnhill Infant School is one of 9 schools run by Inspire Partnership Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

In 2026, 24 pupils (23.3%) received SEN support and 4 (3.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Featherstone Girnhill Infant School had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Featherstone Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Priory Rd Hardwick Road, 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Featherstone Girnhill Infant School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 75 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wakefield (130).

In 2024/25, Featherstone Girnhill Infant School issued 14 suspensions, 11.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Featherstone Girnhill Infant School are The Featherstone Academy (0.9 miles) and St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy (1.7 miles).