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High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Eighth Avenue, Hightown, Liversedge WF15 8LD · highbankschool.co.uk · 01274 875330
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 30%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kirklees 60%, England 62%
- 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
- 128
- 90% of 142 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 46.7%
- First language not English
- 9.4%
- 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, 12 families put the school first and 14 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 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 21 | 1.1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Kirklees it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼30% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 19
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied