The school was paid a visit by a very special guest this week, former world number one squash player and Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner James Willstrop. James gave a whole school assembly where, amongst many interesting topics, he spoke to the children about the world class squash facilities right here in our town at the Pontefract Squash Club. A group of very lucky children were then given the opportunity to work with James on some of their racket and ball skills.
Visit by Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner James Willstrop
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April
2025
2025
PAT Primary Maths Championship
At the end of March, Pontefract Academies Trust had the pleasure of hosting the very first PAT Primary Maths Championship, bringing pupils together from across our seven primary schools for a day of fierce competition. This event was a celebration of the mathematical talent within our Trust and an opportunity for our brightest young minds to showcase their skills. Each of our seven primary schools entered a team of six students who were carefully selected for their outstanding abilities in Mathematics. The pupils competed in three challenging rounds: Relay Round, Puzzle Round, and Buzzer Round, which determined the two schools… Read more
14
May
2024
2024
De Lacy Primary School is ‘Outstanding’
De Lacy Primary School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, has been praised by Ofsted as an 'Outstanding' school in all five inspected categories – the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years provision. The whole school community is celebrating after inspectors, who visited on 12 and 13 March 2024, praised De Lacy Primary as an 'exceptional school with happy pupils.' Inspectors went on to commend the school's extremely 'ambitious curriculum that carefully identifies what pupils should learn over time', coupled with 'leaders who cleverly weave knowledge and skills throughout different subjects'. During their… Read more