Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.24 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 0.24 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.24 miles away, the shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 23 offers; all 23 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result: 68%, the 4th highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 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
- Holme Lane, Slaithwaite, Slaithwaite Ce Holme Lane, Huddersfield, HD7 5UG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff and families are proud to be part of the Slaithwaite team.”
- “The school has done much in a short space of time to improve the curriculum.”
- “It is ambitious to continue this journey.”
To improve
- “This is needed as sometimes teachers are not crystal clear about what they are teaching.”
- “In some lessons, teachers’ expectations are not always high enough.”
- “Some pupils are not sufficiently challenged.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 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) | 68% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Nields Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilberlee Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clough Head Junior and Infant School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Linthwaite Clough Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wellhouse Junior and Infant School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Road Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published