Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Huddersfield · HD4 6XD · Kirklees
Ages 4–10
Status: Open
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 107722
Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School
Voluntary controlled school · Huddersfield · HD4 6TZ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–10
Pupils
56
Local authority
Kirklees
Age range
Ages 4–10
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–10, in Huddersfield, Kirklees, 56 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 3.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 107722
Location
- Address
- Butts Road, Farnley Tyas
- Postcode
- HD4 6TZ
- Town
- Huddersfield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 56
- Boys / girls
- 36 / 20
- School capacity
- 33
- Capacity fill
- 56 / 33 (170%)
- Free school meals
- 3.6%
- FSM pupils
- 2
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynsey Wagstaff
- Telephone
- 01484666714
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
3.7%
Persistent absence
2.1%
Unauthorised
0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 48
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 3.9% · Persistent 0.0%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.9% · Persistent 14.3%