Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–7 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.32 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) 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 | 1.32 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.32 miles away, the 53rd shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2019; the biggest move came between 2021 and 2022.
- For Reception 2026, 43 first-choice applications for 43 offers (1.0 first choices per offer, 25th highest of 123 Kirklees primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 38.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 12.9 pupils per teacher; middle figures across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees: 54.6% and 20.2.
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
- Rawthorpe Lane, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, HD5 9NT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have established an inclusive culture in which all pupils are supported to develop and grow as individuals.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
- “Parents and carers appreciate being able to speak to their child’s teacher if they have a question or concern.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as history and computing, this is not clearly defined.”
- “In these subjects, teachers lack clarity about what pupils must learn in order to build on their prior knowledge.”
- “As a result, pupils do not develop the depth of knowledge they could in some foundation curriculum subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 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.
- Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moldgreen Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Dalton School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hill View Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkby Junior School 1.1 mi Good
- Christ Church CE Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowerhouses CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published