Fixby Junior and Infant School, Huddersfield
Fixby Junior and Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Huddersfield, part of Polaris Multi Academy Trust. For 2026 entry it had 1.2 first-choice applications for every place. It was 97% full in 2025.
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Kirklees (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Fixby Junior and Infant School in detail
Fixby Junior and Infant School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club.
Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 17 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Kirklees
Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Fixby Junior and Infant School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 107634), 81% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Fixby Junior and Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 53 families put Fixby Junior and Infant School as their first choice and 123 named it as one of their preferences, for 44 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Fixby Junior and Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Fixby Junior and Infant School are Ashbrow School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 69% reading, 78% maths); Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy (0.7 miles, 70% reading, 70% maths); Christ Church CE Academy (1 mile, Good, 63% reading, 56% maths); and Birkby Junior School (1 mile, Good, 74% reading, 77% maths).
Ashbrow SchoolOur Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary AcademyChrist Church CE AcademyBirkby Junior School
The trust
Fixby Junior and Infant School is one of 7 schools run by Polaris Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
54.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (57%), Mixed (19%) and White British (11%).
Staffing
Fixby Junior and Infant School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Deighton Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fixby School, 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Fixby Junior and Infant School are All Saints Catholic College (0.7 miles), North Huddersfield Trust School (0.8 miles) and Rastrick High School (1.6 miles).
All Saints Catholic CollegeNorth Huddersfield Trust SchoolRastrick High School
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Fixby Junior and Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in May 2025. Before that, as Fixby Junior and Infant School (URN 107634), it was rated Good in April 2015.
At a Glance
30.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
27.9
Avg class size
26.2
Infant (KS1)
29.3
KS2
11
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
Results at Fixby Junior and Infant School before it took its current form in 2025 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107634). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 69% to 81% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 64% to 76% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 76% to 81% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Fixby Junior and Infant School
Term dates
Fixby Junior and Infant School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Kirklees's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Fixby Junior and Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Fixby Junior and Infant School is in Kirklees; for families living there:
- Kirklees's school travel policy: School transport
- How to apply: Apply for school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Fixby Junior and Infant School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
97%
Near capacity
305 pupils
315 places
10 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Huddersfield
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Huddersfield
Across Kirklees council
Places available
5,437
Applications
4,554
Got 1st preference
93.8%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Kirklees council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
46
SEN Support
18
EHC Plans
20.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
307
Total Pupils
167
Boys
140
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
12
Teachers
25.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,455
Mean salary
2026 data
Absence at Fixby Junior and Infant School before it took its current form in 20252024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 107634). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
7.4%
Overall absence
26.1%
Persistent absence
272
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Fixby Junior and Infant School
Questions parents ask about Fixby Junior and Infant School
Are there exam results for Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Fixby Junior and Infant School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 107634), 81% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Fixby Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Fixby Junior and Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in May 2025. Before that, as Fixby Junior and Infant School (URN 107634), it was rated Good in April 2015.
What is the catchment area for Fixby Junior and Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When Fixby Junior and Infant School is oversubscribed, Kirklees allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Fixby Junior and Infant School was close to full in 2025, at 97% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Classes at Fixby Junior and Infant School average 27.9 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Fixby Junior and Infant School has around 307 pupils on roll. 31% are eligible for free school meals.
How do I apply to Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Apply through Kirklees's coordinated admissions process, naming Fixby Junior and Infant School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Fixby Junior and Infant School?
Fixby Junior and Infant School is at Lightridge Road, Fixby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2HB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)