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Voluntary controlled school · Kirklees

Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 189Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 107700URN

Rawthorpe Lane, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, HD5 9NT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.6 below Kirklees median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kirklees

77 applications for 43 places · 89th of 107 in Kirklees
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 20 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 5 March 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Kirklees median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

77 applications · 43 places offered · 43 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Kirklees median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.5
  7. 2020 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.4
  9. 2018 1.5; Kirklees median median 2.4
  10. 2017 1.4; Kirklees median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.0; Kirklees median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.1; Kirklees median median 2.1
  13. 2014 0.8; Kirklees median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Kirklees median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202643771.8431.00
Sep 202544721.6441.00
Sep 202453881.7531.00
Sep 202335722.1330.94
Sep 202241771.9411.00
Sep 2021541011.9541.00
Sep 202047801.7450.96
Sep 201958941.6520.90
Sep 201858861.5520.90
Sep 201763871.4550.87
Sep 201680831.0580.73
Sep 201587971.1740.85
Sep 201478650.8470.60

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
107700 · 382/3002
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
191 pupils · 189 on roll
Free school meals
44.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Rawthorpe Lane, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, HD5 9NT
Local authority
Kirklees

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources