Our fantastic Year 3 children competed at a Mini-Olympics at The King’s School on Thursday 4th July. All children gave their absolute best and we had some 1st place finishes. But most importantly they showed wonderful sportsmanship, cheering their team and everybody else’s! A huge thank you to the parents and family members who also came along to support us.
Year 3 Mini-Olympics
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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
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