Wellhouse Junior and Infant School

Primary · Huddersfield · HD7 4ES

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 February 2026 · report published 11 May 2026

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At a glance

76 pupils · 90% of 84 capacity

School type: Community school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 13.2% of pupils
English as additional language: 1.3% of pupils
SEN support: 16.2% of pupils
EHC plan: 12.5% of pupils
Website: www.wellhousepri.kgfl.dbprimary.com
URN: 107647

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

11 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

36%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

106

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

102

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.5%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

14.7%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£10,533

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

24 February 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
28 September 2021: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
1 December 2015: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Manor Road AcademyGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
Linthwaite Clough Primary SchoolInadequate · Primary · 0.7 mi
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolGood · Primary · 0.7 mi
Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant SchoolGood · Primary · 0.7 mi
Colne Valley High SchoolGood · Secondary · 0.7 mi
Woodside Green, A Share Primary AcademyGood · Primary · 0.8 mi
Clough Head Junior and Infant SchoolGood · Primary · 1.0 mi
Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 1.1 mi

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