High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School

High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School has effectively maintained its standards since the last inspection, continuing to provide a caring and supportive environment for its pupils. The school promotes strong relationships between pupils and staff and encourages student leadership through various roles such as well-being ambassadors and student council positions. Overall, pupils demonstrate positive attitudes, good behaviour, and enthusiasm for their learning, preparing them well for their future education. The school's curriculum has been strengthened under new leadership, focusing on clarity in learning objectives and ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are supported effectively. Teachers regularly assess student progress and adapt interventions accordingly, ensuring that pupils can catch up when necessary. However, some areas of the wider curriculum still require improvement to better link activities to intended learning outcomes, ensuring all pupils are engaged in their tasks.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and teachers foster a positive learning environment.
• Effective leadership has strengthened the school's curriculum since the last inspection.
• High levels of pupil participation in extra-curricular activities.
• Breakfast club acts as an effective intervention supporting pupils' learning.
• Pupils exhibit positive behaviours and strong attitudes towards attendance and learning.
• Consistent and engaging phonics programme supports early reading development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack precise activity choices that link to intended learning outcomes.

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 High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% 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, 2.2% of pupils at High Bank 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 High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School had 14.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.1% 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, 27.3% of pupils at High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School received £9,909 and spent £9,962 for each of its 125 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £43,000 (£346 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 High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School have?

High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School has 128 pupils on roll.

What age range does High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School cover?

High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School?

High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School is at Eighth Avenue, Hightown, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 8LD.