Birkby Junior School is a primary school located in Huddersfield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/01/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Mead Street, Huddersfield

School Information

Address: Mead Street, Huddersfield, HD1 6HE
Website:
Telephone: 01484223975
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kirklees
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Susan Davis
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 107626

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 09/01/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 600
Number of Pupils: 575
Number of Boys: 300
Number of Girls: 275

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -1.7 to 0.6
Writing
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -0.8 to 1.4
Maths
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -0.4 to 1.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birkby Junior School
Mead Street , Fartown HD1 6HE
3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Birkby Infant and Nursery School
Blacker Road , Birkby HD1 5HQ
4out of 4 677 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Brambles Primary Academy
Cambridge Road , HD1 5BU
- not rated 993 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy
George Avenue , Birkby HD2 2BJ
- not rated 1,309 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Ashbrow School
Ash Meadow Close , Sheepridge HD2 1EX
3out of 4 1,512 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North Huddersfield Trust School
Woodhouse Hall Road , HD2 1DJ
3out of 4 1,370 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Netherhall Learning Campus High School
Netherhall Avenue , Rawthorpe HD5 9PG
3out of 4 1,907 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
All Saints Catholic College Specialist in Humanities
Bradley Bar , HD2 2JT
3out of 4 2,474 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Greenhead College
Greenhead Road , HD1 4ES
- not rated 1,619 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kirklees College
Manchester Road , HD1 3LD
- not rated 2,137 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Luck Lane , Paddock HD3 4HA
1out of 4 2,973 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Mount School
3 Binham Road , Edgerton HD2 2AP
- not rated 1,515 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
ES Independent School Kirklees
20 Greenhead Road , Huddersfield HD1 4EN
- not rated 1,526 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
University of Huddersfield
Lockside , Queensgate HD1 3DH
- not rated 1,915 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Huddersfield Grammar School
Royds Mount , Luck Lane HD1 4QX
- not rated 2,553 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Woodley School and College
Dog Kennel Bank , HD5 8JE
3out of 4 2,683 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.