Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School
Hightown Road, Liversedge, WF15 8BL
This school is closed (it closed in May 2026).
It was replaced by Hightown Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Russell Ingleby
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Spen Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 202
- URN
- 107669
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Website
- School website
About this school
Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School was a community primary school in Liversedge. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 202 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 40% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 60% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 63% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 63% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
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 Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery 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 | 57% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.9% | 34.3% | 202 | — |
| Hightown Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School | 30% | 6.8% | 49.2% | 128 | 0.5 miles |
| Hartshead Junior and Infant School | 64% | 2.6% | 7.2% | 86 | 0.8 miles |
| Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy | 41% | 5.6% | 26.5% | 321 | 0.8 miles |
| Howard Park Community School | 59% | 5.5% | 25% | 235 | 0.9 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)
- 34.34%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 4.87%
- Persistent absence
- 12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hightown Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Liversedge
-
High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Liversedge
-
Hartshead Junior and Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Liversedge
-
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Cleckheaton
-
Howard Park Community School0.9 miles
Primary · Cleckheaton
Other schools in Liversedge
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School Primary
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Hightown Primary School Primary
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy Primary
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School Primary
- Roberttown CofE Primary School Primary
- Spen Valley High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School teach?
- Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Liversedge.
- When was Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery 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 Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School?
- Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School had 202 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery 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.