Hartshead Junior and Infant School

Hartshead Junior and Infant School is a much smaller-than-average primary school that was judged good in all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Inspectors found a caring, family-like school where pupils feel safe, staff know every child well, and high expectations support good achievement, including for pupils with SEND. Behaviour is positive, attendance is strong, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum is carefully considered and ambitious for mixed-age classes, with particularly secure work in mathematics and English and effective phonics teaching. Children in the early years make a positive start and are well prepared for key stage 1. Personal development is a notable strength, with pupils involved in charity work, British values, school council and wider opportunities. Leadership is well regarded, governors know the school well, and staff workload is managed effectively. The main area for improvement is that some foundation subject curriculum content is still new. Pupils have not yet had enough practice to make connections across their learning and develop disciplinary knowledge in those areas. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and, as with graded inspections from September 2024, no overall effectiveness grade was given.

Strengths

• Caring, family-like ethos where pupils feel safe and valued
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Pupils achieve well overall
• Calm, polite behaviour and warm staff-pupil relationships
• Strong attendance and punctuality
• Ambitious, carefully considered curriculum for mixed-age classes
• Clear teaching and regular checks on pupil understanding
• High-quality phonics and reading support
• Well-planned early years provision that builds vocabulary and curiosity
• Personal development is a strength, including community and British values work
• Effective leadership with supportive governors and managed staff workload
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, new curriculum content means pupils have not had enough practice to make links across learning and develop disciplinary knowledge

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 Hartshead Junior and Infant School attended 97.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 0.0% 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 Hartshead Junior and Infant 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 Hartshead Junior and Infant School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.0% 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, 9.3% of pupils at Hartshead Junior and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Hartshead Junior and Infant School received £7,884 and spent £8,018 for each of its 86 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £52,000 (£610 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 Hartshead Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hartshead Junior and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Hartshead Junior and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hartshead Junior and Infant School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Hartshead Junior and Infant School have?

Hartshead Junior and Infant School has 86 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hartshead Junior and Infant School cover?

Hartshead Junior and Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hartshead Junior and Infant School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hartshead Junior and Infant School?

Hartshead Junior and Infant School is at School Lane, Hartshead, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 8AW.