Towngate Primary is an average-sized primary school. The school provides full-time places for children in the Reception classes and part-time places for children in the Nursery class. The vast majority of pupils are White British and speak English as their first language. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils known to be eligible for support through the pupil premium (additional funding for those known to be eligible for free school meals and those looked after by the local authority) is below average. The proportion of disabled pupils or those who have special educational needs is below average. The school did not meet the government’s floor standards in 2014. These are the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress by the end of Year 6. Of pupils in Year 6 in 2014, one in five joined the school in Years 5 or 6. Around one in 10 of these was both disadvantaged and had special educational needs. In the past two years, the school has experienced significant staff absence across Key Stage 2 linked to illness. The school is an active member of the Education Ossett Community Trust. This is a partnership of 13 local schools and organisations. Leaders have already undertaken an external review of governance and have organised an external review of pupil premium spending for this term.