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Manorfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Sponsored academy
Manor Way, Batley WF17 7DQ · manorfieldschool.co.uk · 01924 326718
On the mapSearch near WF17 7DQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 224
- 66% of 341 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
- First language not English
- 71.9%
- 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, 42 families put the school first and 50 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 | 50 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Manorfield Infant and Nursery School on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107672), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107672)
Before September 2019
Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107672)
Nov 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107672)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 29
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (38%) with SEND