Birkby Junior School
Mead Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6HE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Susan Davis
- Constituency
- Huddersfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 541
- URN
- 107626
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Telephone
- 01484223975
About this school
Birkby Junior School is a community primary school in Huddersfield. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 541 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 142 | 149 | 139 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 60% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 67% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 73% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 52% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Birkby Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kirklees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 574 |
| 2023/24 | 584 |
| 2024/25 | 586 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Birkby Junior School compares
Birkby Junior School ranked 53rd of 101 primary schools in Kirklees for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.9% | 39.4% | 541 | — |
| Birkby Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.3% | 35% | 457 | 0.4 miles |
| Brambles Primary Academy | 56% | 5.8% | 31.1% | 382 | 0.6 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | 59% | 5.3% | 15.1% | 398 | 0.7 miles |
| Ashbrow School | 54% | 6.3% | 47.2% | 414 | 0.9 miles |
| Fixby Junior and Infant School | — | — | — | 307 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.42%
- English as an additional language
- 79%
- Overall absence
- 4.92%
- Persistent absence
- 12.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Birkby Infant and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Brambles Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Ashbrow School0.9 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Fixby Junior and Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
Other schools in Huddersfield
Birkby Junior School ranks 13th of the 37 ranked primary schools in Huddersfield.
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School Primary
- Ashbrow School Primary
- Beaumont Primary Academy Primary
- Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy Primary
- Birdsedge First School Primary
- Birkby Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Brambles Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CE Academy Primary
- Clough Head Junior and Infant School Primary
- Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School Primary
- Cumberworth CofE First School Primary
- Dalton School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Birkby Junior School teach?
- Birkby Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Huddersfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Birkby Junior School?
- The headteacher of Birkby Junior School is Mrs Susan Davis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Birkby Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Birkby Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Birkby Junior School?
- Birkby Junior School has 541 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Birkby Junior School full?
- Birkby Junior School has capacity for 600 pupils and 541 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Birkby Junior School a faith school?
- No. Birkby Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Birkby Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Birkby Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Birkby Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Birkby Junior School rank locally?
- Birkby Junior School ranked 53rd of 101 primary schools in Kirklees for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Birkby Junior School's absence rate?
- Birkby Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Birkby Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Birkby Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.