Birkby Junior SchoolSt Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Huddersfield.

Summary of the comparison

Birkby Junior School and St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy are primary schools in Huddersfield.

  • Birkby Junior School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Birkby Junior School was judged Good and St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 63.0% for Birkby Junior School and 59.0% for St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Birkby Junior School (52.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy (73.0% in 2022-23, 59.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Birkby Junior School versus St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HuddersfieldBirkby Junior SchoolHuddersfieldSt Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD52/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking65th of 132 in Kirklees 30th of 132 in Kirklees Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll586 410
Capacity600 420
LocationHuddersfield, HD1 6HE Huddersfield, HD2 2BJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard63.0% Stronger figure59.0% 62.0%
At higher standard6.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census586 410
Free school meals (ever 6)39.4% 15.1%
English as an additional language79.0% 16.1%
SEN support15.4% 10.7%
SEN with an EHC plan2.4% 1.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% Stronger figure5.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.4% Stronger figure13.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Birkby Junior School

St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy

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