Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Liversedge, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.20 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Liversedge, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 2.20 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.20 miles away, the 48th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Headlands Road, Liversedge, WF15 6PR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of ‘Team Headlands.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are positive and respectful.”
- “Pupils feel confident that staff will always listen and help if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, the indoor and outdoor learning provision is not well developed.”
- “This means there are insufficient opportunities for children to practise and embed new learning and language.”
- “Some children do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 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) | 52% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Roberttown CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hightown Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Howard Park Community School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published