Hepworth Junior and Infant School

About Hepworth Junior and Infant School

Hepworth Junior and Infant School is a Good-rated primary in Kirklees, a judgement it has held across both its most recent inspections. The 2023 ungraded inspection confirmed the school remains Good, and the most recent graded inspection, in 2013, also awarded Good for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision. The strongest academic metric available is the school's performance in the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, where 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure is well above the Kirklees local authority average of 60% and places Hepworth 10th out of 94 primary schools in the area, putting it in the top 11% locally. Nationally, it ranks in the top 10% of all primary schools on this measure, a strong showing for a small village school.

Digging into the KS2 results, the school’s strengths are clear. In both reading and maths, 88% of pupils met the expected standard, and 56% reached the higher standard in each subject. The average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 108 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. Writing is a relative weak spot: while 88% met the expected standard, only 6% achieved the higher standard, a much lower proportion than in reading or maths. The school has no progress scores published, so it is not possible to see how much value it adds from pupils’ starting points, but the attainment outcomes are strong. With 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively advantaged intake compared with many primaries, which may partly explain the above-average results.

Hepworth is a small school, with 113 pupils against a capacity of 112, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 41 applications for 16 places, with 23 first-preference applications for those 16 spots, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.56. The school offers a Forest School, a sensory room, a sports hall, playing fields and an ICT suite, plus clubs including art, drama, science and gardening. Sports on offer include football, cricket, rounders and dance. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and hearing impairment. For families who prioritise strong academic outcomes in a small, oversubscribed village primary, Hepworth is a clear contender, though those seeking a higher proportion of pupils reaching greater depth in writing may want to look more closely at that subject.

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