Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.54 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery 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 | 2.54 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.54 miles, 37th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.65 miles.
- Distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2019.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees that have results.
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
- Rowley Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0JD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are caring and considerate towards others.”
- “They feel safe and look forward to coming to school.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, the checks that staff make are not as precise as they could be.”
- “This means that sometimes staff do not adjust teaching as swiftly as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 81% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 46 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.
- Lepton CofE Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highburton CofE First Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hill View Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dalton School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Grange Moor Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published