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Birkby Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Blacker Road, Birkby, Huddersfield HD1 5HQ · birkbyinf.com · 01484 223969
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 457
- 90% of 510 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- First language not English
- 83.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 105 families put the school first and 112 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 112 | 105 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 119 | 135 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 120 | 123 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 115 | 106 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 109 | 108 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Birkby Infant and Nursery School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied