Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up High Demand emoji_events #5 in Kirklees public Top 2% UK

Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Shazia Azhar

location_onHuddersfield, HD1 4BJ

language Visit Website phone 1484517998

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2015

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Students

237

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Expected Standard

92%

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Demand Ratio

1.7x

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Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School is a Community school primary school in Huddersfield, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Highly competitive: 1.7× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 2% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School is a community school in Huddersfield, Kirklees, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 224 pupils on roll, of whom 38% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 92% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 19% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #5 of 111 primaries in Kirklees and #549 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.7× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 13.3%.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

92%

LA 59%

Reading96% LA 73%

Writing92% LA 69%

Maths96% LA 72%

Read SS

112

Maths SS

113

GPS SS

113

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading97% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing87% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths90% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

113

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

113

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

93%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading100% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing93% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths100% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

111

Maths SS

113

GPS SS

113

Progress (0 = national avg)

5.5

Read

LA -0.6

3.1 to 7.9

3.6

Write

LA -0.2

1.3 to 5.9

8.3

Maths

LA 0.0

6.1 to 10.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

87%

LA 60%England 65%

Reading90% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing90% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths93% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.2

Read

LA -0.8

1.0 to 5.4

0.5

Write

LA -0.7

-1.5 to 2.5

2.4

Maths

LA -0.4

0.5 to 4.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 61%

Reading79% LA 71%

Writing79% LA 74%

Maths85% LA 72%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.1

Read

LA -0.8

-1.9 to 2.1

-0.4

Write

LA -1.1

-2.4 to 1.6

Maths

LA -0.5

0.1 to 3.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-03-18

Exempt School Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2006-11-01

None EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(2 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 224 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	224	2	0.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	214	3	1.4%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	237	3	1.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	229	3	1.3%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	226	2	0.9%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	233	2	0.9%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	237	2	0.8%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	223	1	0.4%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	234	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	225	1	0.4%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	222	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	231	1	0.4%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	229	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	219	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	237	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	237	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	233	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	260	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	242	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	241	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	260	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	255	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	239	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	259	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	242	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	232	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 19 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 6 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 2 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils