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Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Berry Brow I & N School, Birch Road, Berry Brow, Huddersfield HD4 7LP · berrybrow.co.uk · 01484 663965
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 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
- 133
- 74% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- First language not English
- 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, 23 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 33 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107599)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107599), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107599)
Before September 2019
Dec 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107599)
Nov 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107599)