Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Liversedge, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.59 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Liversedge, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Norristhorpe 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 | 1.59 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.59 miles from the school, the 64th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 3% 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 Street, Norristhorpe, Liversedge, WF15 7AW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and demonstrate enthusiasm for learning.”
- “Pupils talk with confidence and clarity about the school’s values.”
To improve
- “This is reflected in the school’s published outcomes.”
- “In one subject, the curriculum is still quite new and is not fully embedded.”
- “In this area of the curriculum, sometimes teachers do not connect pupils’ current learning to their previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 2024 (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) | 69% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Old Bank Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Roberttown CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published