St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.56 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 November 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 0.56 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 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.56 miles from the school, the 9th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2019; the biggest swing of its published years came from 2020 to 2021.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Fieldhead, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4QQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning and playing at this caring and happy school.”
- “Whole-school welcoming events in September contribute to making pupils feel confident about starting in their new classes.”
- “They remind themselves and others: ‘You are awesome, so be awesome!”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, pupils do not know or use important subject-specific vocabulary.”
- “This limits their ability to improve their work.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not use the information that they gather well enough to adapt future teaching to best effect.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 58% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Manor Road Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wellhouse Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Clough Head Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorlands Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published