Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Kirklees · WF12 7LX

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 384 pupils, 28.9% FSM

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Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

General Information

Address: Bendigo Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7LX – View on map
Phone: 01924460666
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Zaheda Adam
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

384 pupils out of 388 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 111
% eligible for free school meals: 28.9%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Kirklees average)
English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15% a year (Kirklees 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Kirklees: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Kirklees, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 12.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 18.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Other difficulty or disability: 21 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Kirklees average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 60%)
3-year average (expected standard): 70%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 74% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
Based on: 97 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolKirklees averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 12 percentage points above the Kirklees average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 17th of 98 junior and primary schools in the area

=8Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School77%
#16Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School75%
=17Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School73%
=17Hopton Primary School73%
=17Marsden Junior School73%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Meltham Moor Primary School90%
#2Netherthong Primary School84%
=3St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School83%
=3Warwick Road Primary School83%
#5Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School81%
=6Heckmondwike Primary Academy78%
=6Lepton CofE Primary Academy78%
=8Batley Grammar School77%
=8Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School77%
=8Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School77%
=8Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School77%
=8Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School77%
=8Helme Church of England Academy77%
=8Nields Academy77%
=8Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School77%
#16Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School75%
=17Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School73%
=17Hopton Primary School73%
=17Marsden Junior School73%
=17Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School73%
=21Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School72%
=21Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School72%
=23East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School71%
=23St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy71%
=23Upperthong Junior and Infant School71%
=26Fieldhead Primary Academy70%
=26Mill Lane Primary School70%
=26Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School70%
=29Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School69%
=29Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School69%
=29Whitechapel Church of England Primary School69%
=32Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy68%
=32Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School68%
=32Eastborough Academy68%
=32Lydgate Junior and Infant School68%
=32Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School68%
=32St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy68%
#38Hillside Primary School67%
=39Beaumont Primary Academy66%
=39Co-op Academy Smithies Moor66%
=39Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy66%
=42Birstall Primary Academy65%
=42Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School65%
=42Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School65%
=42Lindley Junior School65%
=42Mount Pleasant Primary School65%
=47Carlinghow Academy64%
=47Clough Head Junior and Infant School64%
=47Gomersal Primary School64%
=47Hartshead Junior and Infant School64%
=51Birkby Junior School63%
=51Hill View Academy63%
=51Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy63%
=51Westmoor Primary School63%
#55Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy62%
=56Lowerhouses CofE Primary School61%
=56St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy61%
#58St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy60%
=59Howard Park Community School59%
=59Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School59%
=59Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School59%
=59St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy59%
=63Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School58%
=63St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School58%
=63Wilberlee Junior and Infant School58%
#66Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School57%
=67All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School56%
=67Brambles Primary Academy56%
=69Moldgreen Community Primary School55%
=69Thornhill Junior and Infant School55%
=71Ashbrow School54%
=71Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School54%
=73Newsome Junior Academy53%
=73Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy53%
=73Overthorpe CofE Academy53%
=76Dalton School52%
=76Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School52%
=76Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School52%
#79South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School51%
#80Scholes Village Primary School50%
=81New Mill Junior School49%
=81Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School49%
#83Christ Church CE Academy48%
=84Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School47%
=84Kirkheaton Primary School47%
=84Old Bank Academy47%
=87Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School43%
=87Orchard Primary Academy43%
=87Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy43%
#90Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School42%
=91Boothroyd Primary Academy41%
=91Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy41%
=91Oak CofE Primary School41%
#94Wellhouse Junior and Infant School36%
#95St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy32%
#96High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School30%
#97Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School25%
#98Carlton Junior and Infant School0%

View full Ofsted inspection report

3rd of 13 junior schools in Kirklees for Ofsted rating

#1New Mill Junior SchoolOutstanding
#2Birkby Junior SchoolGood
#3Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolGood
#4Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolGood
#5Hyrstmount Junior SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1New Mill Junior SchoolOutstanding
#2Birkby Junior SchoolGood
#3Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolGood
#4Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolGood
#5Hyrstmount Junior SchoolGood
#6Lindley Junior SchoolGood
#7Marsden Junior SchoolGood
#8Netherhall Learning Campus Junior SchoolGood
#9Newsome Junior AcademyGood
#10Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolGood
#11Reinwood Junior SchoolGood
#12South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolGood
#13Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,226 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

8th of 12 junior schools in Kirklees for spending per pupil

#6Birkby Junior School£6,413
#7South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School£6,364
#8Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School£6,226
#9Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School£6,138
#10Newsome Junior Academy£6,093

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School£9,108
#2New Mill Junior School£8,346
#3Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School£7,479
#4Marsden Junior School£6,845
#5Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School£6,690
#6Birkby Junior School£6,413
#7South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School£6,364
#8Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School£6,226
#9Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School£6,138
#10Newsome Junior Academy£6,093
#11Hyrstmount Junior School£2,744
#12Lindley Junior School£421

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