Birkby Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Birkby Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Blacker Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD1 5HQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve well at Birkby Infant and Nursery School.”
- “Whenever pupils join, they are given a warm welcome and quickly assessed to see what they can and cannot do.”
- “Children quickly grasp the important English and mathematics skills that they need.”
To improve
- “The school’s outcomes in phonics in 2024 were below the national average.”
- “Where pupils joined in Year 1 or 2, they made rapid progress, but did not all achieve the expected standard, often due to being new to the English language.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 105 first-preference applications, 112 offers in total, 105 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2019 to 2026, as Kirklees published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Brambles Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkby Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fixby Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashbrow School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lindley Junior School 1.2 mi Good