Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School
Primary · Huddersfield · HD4 6TZ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 12 October 2023
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56 pupils · 100% of 33 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 5.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 17.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.6% of pupils
- URN
- 107722
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.10 first-choice applications per place10 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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
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
- 12 October 2023: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Honley High School
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
- King James's School
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School
- Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School
- Castle Hill School
- Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy