Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Kirklees
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 9 April 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 6 April 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry111 applications · 60 places offered · 58 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2025 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.3
- 2024 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2023 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2022 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2021 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2020 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2019 2.3; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2018 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2017 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.2
- 2016 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2015 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2014 2.1; Kirklees median median 1.9
- This school
- Kirklees median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 54 | 107 | 2.0 | 53 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 57 | 108 | 1.9 | 49 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 120 | 2.0 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 58 | 120 | 2.1 | 53 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 115 | 2.0 | 53 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 134 | 2.3 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 57 | 111 | 2.0 | 52 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 133 | 2.2 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 129 | 2.2 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2014 | 59 | 124 | 2.1 | 63 | 1.07 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- Good20223.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · KirkleesRemains Good202473%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · KirkleesGood20242.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · WakefieldGood20221.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · KirkleesGood20221.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · KirkleesGood20234.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · KirkleesRemains Good20242.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 107608 · 382/2014
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 223 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Leeds Road, Shaw Cross, Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School, Dewsbury, WF12 7HP
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources