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Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Wellhouse Lane, Mirfield WF14 0BE · crossleyfields.com · 01924 499608
On the mapSearch near WF14 0BE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 482
- 78% of 618 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 27.2%
- First language not English
- 14.9%
- 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, 43 families put the school first and 58 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 | 58 | 43 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 65 | 51 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% 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 | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 57
- 10% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (19%) with SEND