Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School demonstrates a strong overall performance, reflecting high standards in safeguarding, behaviour, and personal development. Pupils exhibit excellent behaviour and engagement, combined with strong attendance rates that are significantly above national averages. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, particularly in early years and reading, setting a solid foundation for future learning. Disadvantaged pupils are showing improvement, although there is still a need to further close the attainment gap with their peers. The school prides itself on its inclusive environment and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders actively monitor and address the needs of all pupils, ensuring emotional and academic growth. While most pupils achieve in line with national averages in reading, writing, and mathematics, and the school climate fosters a sense of belonging and security, there are areas for improvement, particularly in embedding knowledge through effective checks on understanding.

Strengths

• High attendance rates significantly above national averages.
• Excellent pupil behaviour and engagement throughout the school.
• Strong emphasis on reading and vocabulary development in early years.
• Highly inclusive environment with effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Comprehensive personal development programme starting in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of effective strategies to check pupils' understanding.
• Disadvantaged pupils still face attainment gaps compared to peers.

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 Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.0% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% 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, 9.1% of pupils at Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School received £6,090 and spent £6,142 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £139,000 (£333 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 Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School have?

Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School cover?

Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School?

Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is at Springfield Park, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 9PD.