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Hartshead Junior and Infant School

Primary · Liversedge · WF15 8AW

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 December 2024

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At a glance

86 pupils · 102% of 84 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hartsheadschool.co.uk
URN
107667

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 1.33 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1645.93 m (≈1.02 mi); distance decided places in 7 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 10 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.33 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1645.93 m (≈1.02 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1645.93 m (≈1.02 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

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
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Kirklees average61.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth · 50 miles awayGood70%
Blennerhasset SchoolWigton · 97 miles awayGood29%
Eastrington Primary SchoolGoole · 38 miles awayExpected standard56%
Garras Community Primary SchoolHelston · 292 miles awayExpected standard67%
Fen Drayton Primary SchoolCambridge · 119 miles awayGood58%
Turnditch Church of England Primary SchoolBelper · 48 miles awayGood78%
Hoylandswaine Primary SchoolSheffield · 12 miles awayInadequate85%
Wimboldsley Community Primary SchoolMiddlewich · 48 miles awayExpected standard52%
Burley Primary SchoolRingwood · 199 miles awayGood50%
St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary SchoolNantwich · 53 miles awayGood75%
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 220 miles awayGood75%
Hambledon Primary SchoolWaterlooville · 193 miles awayGood77%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Kirklees 52%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Kirklees 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Kirklees 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kirklees 3%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kirklees: 3.44 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,041; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,018
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 9% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £52,421; in-year balance -£11,461

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.2%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented13.8%20.5%
Detached houses30.9%22.9%
Flats6.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011159 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£292,00057 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£235,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£432,500
Semi-detached (19)£245,000
Terraced (22)£315,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.65 km, 2026 entry): 306 sales, median £244,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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