Wilberlee Junior and Infant School
General Information
- Address: Heys Lane, Wilberlee, Slaithwaite, HD7 5UX – View on map
- Phone: 01484222588
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Claire Kenworthy
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 12 places – 6 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 9 · 2025 7 · 2026 6
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.7%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Kirklees average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.1% a year (Kirklees 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
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: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Kirklees average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 69% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 67% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 12 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 63rd of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- =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%
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72nd of 85 primary schools in Kirklees for Ofsted rating
- #70Westmoor Primary SchoolGood
- #71Whitechapel Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #72Wilberlee Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #73Woodside Green, A Share Primary AcademyGood
- #74Batley Parish CofE Primary AcademyRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,971 (2024-25)
13th of 106 primary schools in Kirklees for spending per pupil
- #11Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School£9,196
- #12Carlinghow Academy£9,050
- #13Wilberlee Junior and Infant School£8,971
- #14High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School£8,894
- #15Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School£8,822
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