Academy converter · Primary
Huddersfield · HD5 8JY · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 107698
Lowerhouses CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Junior Infant and Early Years School
Voluntary controlled school · Huddersfield · HD5 8JY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
213
Local authority
Kirklees
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas 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 3–11, in Huddersfield, Kirklees, 213 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 50.8%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 107698
Location
- Address
- Lowerhouses Lane, Almondbury
- Postcode
- HD5 8JY
- Town
- Huddersfield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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: 19 Jan 2023.
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- Boys / girls
- 114 / 99
- School capacity
- 231
- Capacity fill
- 213 / 231 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 50.8%
- FSM pupils
- 98
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has 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
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 5 on roll / 10 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Shaw
Official links
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 40%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 97.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
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 2022/23
Overall absence
6.3%
Persistent absence
19.3%
Unauthorised
2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 176
Recent years
- 2021/22
- Overall 6.4% · Persistent 21.7%