St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School

KirkleesVoluntary aided school

Fieldhead, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4QQ

Headteacher: Mrs Jennifer GrindleySchool website ↗Pupils: 199 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
77% of first-choice applicants offered a place
58%
Reading, Writing & Maths
77%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
58.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
8.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 69%·Writing 62%·Maths 77%All three 58%
Reading
Expected69%
Exceeding23%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected62%
Exceeding8%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected77%
Exceeding23%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
39
How many got their first choice?
30of 39 (76.9%)
How many applied in total?
87

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
23.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
4.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
15.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
101 girls, 98 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 80% (2017/18), currently 58%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1653.0%0.0%+2.1-1.2+1.6
2016/1764.0%4.0%-0.1-2.7+0.7
2017/1880.0%10.0%-0.8-1.5-0.1
2018/1974.0%16.0%-2.5+0.5-1.2
2022/2343.0%0.0%-2.5-4.1-1.0
2023/2464.0%7.0%---
2024/2558.0%8.0%---
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