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Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Voluntary controlled
Rawthorpe Lane, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield HD5 9NT · nlconline.org.uk · 01484 226601
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 189
- 99% of 191 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.8%
- First language not English
- 37.6%
- 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 43 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 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 16
- 7% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied