Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School

About Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School

Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School sits within the Kirklees local authority, where it ranks 11th out of 94 primary schools — comfortably inside the top 25 per cent of its peers. The school’s ranking score of 79 places it behind the top three in the area: Carlton Junior and Infant School, Netherthong Primary School, and St Peter’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School. For families weighing up options in Kirklees, Littletown offers a strong local alternative to these higher-ranked neighbours. The school is a mixed, state-funded primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery provision on site. It has no religious character, and is led by headteacher Caroline Howarth. With 169 pupils against a capacity of 175, it is nearly full, and the proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 29 per cent — a figure that gives some indication of the community it serves.

Academically, Littletown performs well above the Kirklees average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 79 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 60 per cent. The school’s maths average score was 107, and reading averaged 109. At the higher standard, 17 per cent of pupils achieved the combined benchmark, with 50 per cent reaching the higher level in reading and 33 per cent in maths. These outcomes place the school 11th in the LA and 1,675th nationally out of 13,686 primaries. Ofsted last inspected in May 2023 and rated the school Good overall, with Good across all categories including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management. This is consistent with its previous inspection in 2013, which also awarded a Good rating for overall effectiveness.

The school is clearly popular with local families. For 2025/26 admissions, it received 84 applications for just 25 places, with 38 first-preference applications and 25 offers made — an oversubscription ratio of 3.36 to one. Facilities include a sports hall, ICT suite, music rooms, library, playing fields, gymnasium, dining hall, forest school and chapel. Sports on offer include gymnastics, tennis, athletics and rounders, while clubs range from science and coding to gardening, chess and art. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, hearing and visual impairment, multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Littletown suits families who want a well-regarded, oversubscribed primary with strong academic results, a broad extracurricular offer, and a clear commitment to inclusion — all within a relatively small, community-focused setting.

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