Clough Head Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.97 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Clough Head Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Clough Head Junior and Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.97 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last distance, 0.97 miles, was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 12 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 4th highest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bolster Moor Road, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4NW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 77 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this small rural school.”
- “They are keen to offer help and support to their peers.”
- “Pupils are safe and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not adjust tasks so that pupils can build on what”
- “This means that pupils do not have as many opportunities to connect their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wellhouse Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Road Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilberlee Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nields Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linthwaite Clough Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published