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State primary · 7 to 11 · Mixed · 541 pupils

Birkby Junior School

Mead Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6HE · Kirklees
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 8,014th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(59/107)Rank among 107 Kirklees primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
Good, September 2023
Results
63% expected standard; 6% higher standard
Size
541 pupils; classes of 27
Run by
Kirklees council
Type
Community school
Ages
7 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 2.2, against 1.6 in Kirklees.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 3 2027
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 3. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 13 September 2023
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • Good
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 63% (England 62%) (county 60%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 6% (England 8%) (county 6%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%62%60%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard6%8%6%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(59/107)
Kirklees league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 4.9% of sessions missed; 12% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 27.1 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 20.2 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 183 m
  • 68 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 16 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.2 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.3 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.9%3.4%1.5%12%1.9%
2023/246.0%4.2%1.8%17%2.2%
2022/237.0%4.8%2.2%23%1.7%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/252.20.8%130
2023/240.50.3%30
2022/230.70.5%40
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size27.12025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher20.2November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus183

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 16 serious and 0 fatal in all; 21 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
202512
202412
202318
202217
20219

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO214.22024
PM1011.12024
PM257.32024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals41%2025/26
First language other than English81%2025/26
SEN support16%2025/26
Education, health and care plan2.4%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, September 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2023.

DateKindOutcome
13 September 2023Graded inspectionGood

Admissions

Getting in

  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Year 3 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools

  • Community school is run by its local council (Kirklees), not by an academy trust.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Birkbees Day Care LTD0.1 miles
Linden Playgroup0.4 miles
Little Stars0.4 miles
Holly Bank0.6 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Huddersfield and the Kirklees league table.

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