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Earlsheaton Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Commercial Street, Earlsheaton, Dewsbury WF12 8JF · earlsheatoninfants.co.uk · 01924 460969
On the mapSearch near WF12 8JF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- 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
- 80
- 67% of 120 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.3%
- First language not English
- 18.8%
- 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, 24 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 34 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Earlsheaton Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107607)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107607), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107607)
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107607)
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107607)