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Voluntary controlled school · Kirklees

Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

  • 7–11Ages
  • 384Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 107706URN

Bendigo Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
73%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024

Inspection history

  1. 9 May 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 11 December 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

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 did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 74% · Maths 86% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%16th of 97 in Kirklees
Reading
Expected standard89%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard74%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard86%
Higher standard35%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Kirklees median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2573%6%109108
2023/2466%2%106106
2022/2372%8%110108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
107706 · 382/3009
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
388 pupils · 384 on roll
Free school meals
28.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Bendigo Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7LX
Local authority
Kirklees

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