Hartshead Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Liversedge, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.02 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hartshead Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Liversedge, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hartshead 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 | 1.02 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.02 miles away, the 35th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.65 miles).
- The Reception last distance was further from the school in 2026 than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, 16 first-choice applications for 12 offers: 11 offers went to first-choice families, so 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- School Lane, Hartshead, Liversedge, WF15 8AW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a small school with a big heart.”
- “Pupils at Hartshead say they all feel part of one big family.”
- “They are proud to attend this school.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects where this curriculum content is still new, pupils have not had the opportunity to make connections in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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: 16 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.
- Roberttown CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hightown Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Old Bank Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published