Hartshead Junior and Infant SchoolHightown Junior Infant & Nursery School

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

Summary of the comparison

Hartshead Junior and Infant School and Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School are primary schools in Liversedge.

  • Hartshead Junior and Infant School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Hartshead Junior and Infant School was judged the expected standard and Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School 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 64.0% for Hartshead Junior and Infant School and 65.0% for Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Hartshead Junior and Infant School (58.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (57.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Hartshead Junior and Infant School versus Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LiversedgeHartshead Junior and Infant SchoolLiversedgeHightown Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100C60/100Stronger figure
Local ranking43rd of 132 in Kirklees 37th of 132 in Kirklees Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll83 198
Capacity84 210
LocationLiversedge, WF15 8AW Liversedge, WF15 8BL
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard64.0% 65.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census83 198
Free school meals (ever 6)7.2% 34.3%
English as an additional language0.0% 4.0%
SEN support8.4% 24.8%
SEN with an EHC plan7.2% 4.0%
Attendance
Overall absence2.6% Stronger figure4.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence0.0% Stronger figure12.0% 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.

Hartshead Junior and Infant School

Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School

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