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High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School

URN
107684
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School
URN
107684
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

42 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

10

Inspection

68

Admissions Value

36

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

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Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Safety trends over the past year
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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.
  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
24 November 2024
Inspection date
22 October 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Standards maintained

    Graded 24 November 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
24 November 202422 October 2024-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 24 November 2024
  • Standards maintained

    Published
    24 November 2024
    Inspected
    22 October 2024
    Type
    -
    Report
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

16

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

24

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

15

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.5×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Offer rate

62.5%

Offers as a share of applications

First preference offers: 15

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Where to apply

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Local authority
Kirklees
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Kirklees)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.highbankschool.co.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

60.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

70.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

40.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

30.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Writing progress

Not published

Maths progress

Maths progress

Not published

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Location

WF15 8LD - Eighth Avenue, Hightown, Liversedge, West Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Eighth Avenue, Hightown, Liversedge, West Yorkshire
Postcode
WF15 8LD
Phone
1274875330
Website
www.highbankschool.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kirklees
Local authority code
382

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 388 schools in Kirklees.

Authority statistics

Total schools

388

Open schools

202

Closed schools

186

Primary schools

259

Secondary schools

49

Special schools

0

Phase distribution

  • Primary259 (68.0%)
  • Secondary49 (12.9%)
  • Special0 (0.0%)
  • Other73 (19.2%)

Nearby schools

School nameDistancePhaseStatus
Grylls Community Middle School384 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
Hightown Primary School807 mPrimaryOpen
Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School807 mPrimaryClosed
St Luke's Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
Hartshead Moor School1.1 kmNot applicableClosed
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
Heaton Avenue Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
West End Middle School1.3 kmMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
Whitcliffe Mount School1.5 kmSecondaryClosed
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy1.5 kmSecondaryOpen
  • Grylls Community Middle School
    Distance
    384 m
    Phase
    Middle deemed secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hightown Primary School
    Distance
    807 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School
    Distance
    807 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Luke's Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hartshead Moor School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Heaton Avenue Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • West End Middle School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Middle deemed secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Whitcliffe Mount School
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open

Similar schools

Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Kirklees)

School namePhasePostcodeStatus
All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolPrimaryHD5 8XWOpen
Almondbury Junior SchoolPrimaryHD5 8TGClosed
Ashbrow Junior SchoolPrimaryHD2 1EXClosed
Ashbrow SchoolPrimaryHD2 1EXOpen
Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimaryWF17 8PAClosed
  • All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    HD5 8XW
    Status
    Open
  • Almondbury Junior School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    HD5 8TG
    Status
    Closed
  • Ashbrow Junior School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    HD2 1EX
    Status
    Closed
  • Ashbrow School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    HD2 1EX
    Status
    Open
  • Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    WF17 8PA
    Status
    Closed

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.