Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School is currently rated as requiring improvement in its overall effectiveness. While the school has demonstrated notable strengths in areas such as behaviour and attitudes, along with personal development, there are areas needing attention, particularly within the quality of education and leadership. This is the school's first routine inspection since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has influenced its evaluation and the understanding of its current context. Despite strong attendance and a supportive community, leaders acknowledge that high expectations for all pupils are not yet fully realized, and further development of the curriculum is necessary.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud of their school and demonstrate positive behaviour.
• Staff build warm and positive relationships with pupils.
• The early years provision is well-structured and promotes a love for reading.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well supported.
• The school fosters a strong community and positive mental health among students.

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education needs improvement to better reflect high expectations.
• Curriculum changes have not been evaluated promptly, impacting learning effectiveness.
• Some subjects do not sufficiently reinforce and recall important prior learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School had 13.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.6% of pupils at Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School received £9,048 and spent £9,402 for each of its 86 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,000 (£33 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School have?

Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School has 88 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School cover?

Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 25% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School?

Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School is at Greave Road, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 2DF.