Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School, Huddersfield
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school excels at creating a safe, nurturing environment where children love learning and behave exceptionally well. Reading is taught very effectively using a whole-school phonics approach that is delivering rapid progress. The school offers a rich curriculum with a wide range of clubs and experiences that make learning memorable and engaging for all pupils.
Key Strengths
- Excellent pupil behaviour and strong spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- Pupils enjoy school and feel very safe
- Reading and phonics are taught very well, with strong recent progress
- Leaders have halted the decline in standards and progress is accelerating
- Good curriculum and wide range of clubs provide memorable experiences
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils' progress in writing and mathematics is not consistently good over time
- Teachers do not always challenge more-able pupils with sufficiently difficult work
- Mathematical skills are not applied to practical, real-life problem-solving
- Teachers' marking in mathematics lacks rigour and pupils do not routinely correct mistakes
- Leaders' monitoring of lessons does not focus enough on the quality and speed of learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective - pupils feel very safe and behaviour is excellent with strong pastoral care and support systems in place.
Extracurricular Activities
Wide range of clubs
Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School requires improvement following a decline in standards in 2011-2012, though leaders have successfully halted this decline and pupils' progress is now accelerating. The school was previously rated Good but now needs to improve teaching quality, standards in writing and mathematics, and leadership oversight.
At a Glance
36.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 77%. Maths has declined from 78% to 60%. Writing has declined from 70% to 65%.
Class Sizes
22.5
Avg class size
20.3
Infant (KS1)
24.1
KS2
14
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
93%
Near capacity
327 pupils
350 capacity
23 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Huddersfield
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Huddersfield
Admissions Demand - Kirklees
Places available
5,606
Applications
4,584
Got 1st preference
93.6%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Kirklees (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.33579%
Overall absence
16.61017%
Persistent absence
295
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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