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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Not yet inspected under its current URN (since Dec 2023)
- Before: Lowerhouses CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Junior Infant and Early Years School URN 107698 Good2018
For Ofsted a new URN is a new school: earlier results are the previous school's, shown as such. New schools are usually first inspected in their third year.
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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 entry27 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2025 1.5; Kirklees median median 2.3
- 2024 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2023 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2022 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Kirklees median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; Kirklees median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Kirklees median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Kirklees median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Kirklees median
Dashed bars: as Lowerhouses CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Junior Infant and Early Years School (URN 107698), the previous school.
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 | 13 | 27 | 2.1 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | 30 | 1.5 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 56 | 2.1 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 * | 29 | 51 | 1.8 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 27 | 45 | 1.7 | 28 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 * | 28 | 40 | 1.4 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 28 | 39 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 35 | 1.2 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 31 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 65% · Maths 87% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Kirklees median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 61% | 4% | 107 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 0% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 40% | 4% | 97 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lowerhouses CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolNot yet inspected2.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · KirkleesSpecial measures 20262.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · KirkleesGood20222.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · KirkleesGood20231.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · KirkleesStandards maintained20243.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Kirklees20262.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · KirkleesGood202342%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · KirkleesGood20221.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149734 · 382/3000
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 231 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 59.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2023
- Replaced
- Lowerhouses CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Junior Infant and Early Years School (URN 107698)
- Address
- Lowerhouses Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8JY
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources